Details - Bailey, V. O., Colorado, New Mexico, May 1903 - October 1903

Bailey, V. O., Colorado, New Mexico, May 1903 - October 1903

Title

Bailey, V. O., Colorado, New Mexico, May 1903 - October 1903

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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

1903

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Colorado, New Mexico, May 16, 1904 - October 11, 1903. Details travel from Washington DC. Entries are dated and pages are headed with locations. Entries describe routes, mode of travel, collecting methods, terrain (including elevation), vegetation, observed mammals and birds, some history of area communities and inhabitants, ranches, campsites, and specimen collecting (common and scientific name). Includes sketches of vegetation formations (mushroom fairy rings) and land around Santa Fe. There is a list of specimens collected at Taos mountains. In the end is a list of packages sent with specimen contents, locations and date. Locations include Santa Rosa, Baldy Peak [mountain], Taos, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Canyon City, Boulder, Colorado.