Details - Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Texas, March 1924 - April 1924

Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Texas, March 1924 - April 1924

Title

Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Texas, March 1924 - April 1924

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

1924

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in New Mexico and Texas, March 1 - April 23, 1924. Entries are dated and describe travel details (destinations, times of day), weather, terrain, vegetation (state of growth and crops), descriptions of communities visited, interactions with colleagues and local officials, specimen collecting, notes on population of mosquitos, presence of malaria, and guano industry. The notebook indicates that he was, as an agent of the US Department Agriculture, directed to work with the National Geographic Society in their exploration of the caverns in the national park at Carlsbad, New Mexico. Many of the observations are about bats. Locations include San Antonio, Texas. Includes list of plants observed at Sierra Blanca Mountains.