Bailey, V. O., Amatol, New Jersey, May 1919 - ?

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

1919

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Amatol, New Jersey, beginning in May 21, 1919 until an unknown date. He is listed as the chief field naturalist for the Biological Survey. Entries are dated and described travel from Washington, DC, to New Jersey. He was investigating damage to stores and property at the arsenal (military installation) at Amatol, caused by rats. Entries describe conversations with local inhabitants relating to the investigation (military officials, surgeons at hospital), observations of dead rats at hospital facilities, surrounding store houses, barracks; rat population makeup (number of adults); and methods of eradication.

Subjects

Field notes , Mammalogy , New Jersey , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.140401