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
Sketches
Place:
United States
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma City
Enid
Amarillo
Saint Francis River
Jemez Mountains
Date Range:
1906
Start Date:
19060801
End Date:
19061116
Abstract:
The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, August 1 - November 16, 1906. Entries are dated and detail travel (routes, modes of travel, destinations, accommodations), descriptions of communities visited (including size and crops grown), terrain (including soil composition), vegetation (including mushrooms), daily activities and time of day, interactions with colleagues, notes about wolf populations and specimens, observed wildlife (including type and abundance),and campsites. Includes a sketch of a beaver corral and mountain terrain. Includes loose inserts listing plants in South Clara Canyon, Jemez mountains (New Mexico), organized by Canadian, Transition and Upper Sonoran regions, listing type (scientific), distance, and elevation. Locations visited includes Oklahoma City, Enid, Oklahoma; Amarillo, Texas; San Francisco River [Saint Francis River]; Silver City (state unidentified).
