Details - Bailey, V. O., Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1888 - August 1888

Bailey, V. O., Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1888 - August 1888

Title

Bailey, V. O., Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1888 - August 1888

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

1888

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting of mammal and bird specimens in Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming, 1888. Entries are dated, and begin with location and travel (including travel via rivers, accommodations). Details include descriptions of the effect of heavy rains on area rivers (Elk and Minnesota), state of flowering trees in area (per type of tree), weather, temperature, collecting methods, and observations of wildlife in their habitat (in midst of collecting). Specimen types are often listed with common name. Many of these were gophers and prairie dogs as well as other rodents. Locations include Fort Pierre, O'Neill (on Niobrara), Buffalo Gap, South Dakota; North Park, Colorado; Cheyenne, Wyoming.