Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
Physical Description:
1 field book
Physical Location:
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Place:
United States
Georgia
Kansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Riceboro
Bay Saint Louis
New Orleans
Texarkana
Marionville
Pittsburg
Date Range:
1892
Start Date:
18920404
End Date:
18920902
Abstract:
The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting of mammal, reptiles, and bird specimens in Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, April 4 - September 2, 1892. Entries are dated and describe travel beginning from Washington DC. Locations are often listed at the top of the pages. Details include distances, daily activities and times of day, weather, descriptions of vegetation (types of trees) and their state of growth and abundance, terrain (including elevations), communities visited, collecting goals and methods, specimens collected (common name), observations of birds and nests, and interactions with colleagues (Mr. Gustave Kohn). Additional location information includes reference to railroad lines. Travel goes through (but not limited to) Charleston, North Carolina; Riceboro, Chattahoochee, Georgia; Bay of Saint Louis, Natchez, Mississippi; New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Texarkana, Port Arthur, Clarendon,Texas; Fort Gibson, Marionville, Golden City, Missouri; Pittsburg, Cairo, Kiowa, Kansas.
