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
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Benson
Tucson
Indio
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Date Range:
1907
Start Date:
19070527
End Date:
19070823
Abstract:
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).
