Details - Bailey, V. O., Arizona, California, Kentucky, June 1929 - October 1929

Bailey, V. O., Arizona, California, Kentucky, June 1929 - October 1929

Title

Bailey, V. O., Arizona, California, Kentucky, June 1929 - October 1929

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

1929

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Arizona, California, Kentucky, June 19 - October 1, 1929. Entries are dated and detail travel and collecting. Entries begin with descriptions of time at Havasupai Canyon (in Grand Canyon National Park / Havasupai Indian Reservation), Park locations visited, descriptions of flora and fauna including life zones and altitude, weather, temperature, photographs taken, mammal and bird specimens collected (genus or binomial) including bats, meetings with Indian agents, lists and descriptions of birds in Havasupai canyon (abundance and habitat), terrain, and travel details (mode, accommodations, destinations). June through August cover time around Grand Canyon. Much of the later entries discuss field work in caves frequented by bats. Locations include San Francisco mountains; Mammoth Cave, Onyx Cave, Hidden River Cave, Kentucky.