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
California
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Chewaucan
Salt Lake
Sacramento
Klamath Falls
Yakima Valley
Columbia River
Date Range:
1897
Start Date:
18970522
End Date:
18970726
Abstract:
The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, May 22 - July 26, 1897. Entries are dated and detail specimen collecting and travel. Details include descriptions of routes, destinations, terrain (elevation, observations of lava beds), vegetation, daily activities and time of day, specimens collected, interactions with local inhabitants, weather, details about local tribes. Additional location information includes names of peaks and rivers. Locations include Salt Lake, Utah; Sacramento, Pitt River valley, California; Klamath Falls, Deschutes Valley, Chewaucan, Oregon; Yakima valley, Columbia River valley, Washington. Most of the notebook is blank.
