Details - Bailey, V. O., Arizona, California, New Mexico, May 1907 - August 1907

Bailey, V. O., Arizona, California, New Mexico, May 1907 - August 1907

Title

Bailey, V. O., Arizona, California, New Mexico, May 1907 - August 1907

Related Titles

Contained In: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals

Series: SIA Acc. 12-443

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1907

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Arizona, California, New Mexico, May 27 - August 23, 1907. The entries are dated and sometimes pages are headed with location. Details include travel details (destinations, mode of travel, accommodations), weather, daily activities and times of day, terrain (elevation), vegetation (including crops), observed wildlife, birds and their nests, and specimen collecting. Some entries are organized by type of flora or fauna, with description of where it grows (or occurs) and in type of terrain. Locations are often identified by name of valley, river. Includes lists of specimens collected in Benson, Arizona, with notes about behavior. Locations includes Benson, Tucson, Arizona; Yuma, Indio, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Elsinore, California; Santa Ana, (state unidentified).