Bailey, V. O., Mexico, Texas, October 1932 - November 1932

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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

1932

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Mexico and Texas, October 18 - November 24, 1932. Entries are dated and describe work with Frederic Winthrop Jr., in Chihuahua and Sonora. Subject matter includes supplies for work in Mexico, travel details (destinations, time of day, mode of travel, campsites), vegetation and state of growth, weather, terrain seen enroute, observations of communities visited, local inhabitants met, observed flora and fauna (plants, birds and mammals observed and life zones), ranches visited, terrain with altitude, trapping methods, and specimens collected. There are also lists of plants, birds, mammals observed with notes on abundance. Locations include Rio Grande river, El Paso, Texas / Juarez, Mexico border; Corralitos, Chihuahua; Oputo, Sonora (Mexico).

Subjects

Botany , Chihuahua , El Paso , Field notes , Mammalogy , Mexico , Ornithology , Sonora , Texas , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142058