Bailey, V. O., Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, July 1904 - December 1904

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

1904

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, July 4 - December 18, 1904. The entries are dated and pages are often headed with locations. Details travel, routes, campsites, terrain (elevation), weather, vegetation, specimens collected, stories about and interactions with local inhabitants, geology. Includes extensive descriptions of local Indian tribes, a fiesta (Jicarilla Apache) and notes about Taos language, including English translations. Locations includes Taos mountains, Questa, Stinking Lake, Gallinas Mountains, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Hopewell (state unidentified).

Subjects

Albuquerque , Botany , Colorado , Field notes , Gallinas Mountains , Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico , Mammalogy , New Mexico , Ornithology , Questa , Stinking Lake , Taos Mountains , Texas , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.139017