Bailey, V. O., Montana, Washington, October 1930 - November 1930

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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

1930

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Montana, Washington, October 17 - November 20, 1930. Entries are dated and includes descriptions of travel to Billings, Montana, to inspect coyote traps and poison lines. Subject matter includes travel details (times of day, destinations, distances), interactions with colleagues, weather and temperature, terrain (marshes), vegetation (types), observed wildlife (including muskrats, gophers, coyotes and notes on abundance), specimens collected (some with sex, location, date, weight, and stomach contents), list of birds and mammals observed per location with quantities, summaries of conversations local officials about wildlife populations, coyote droppings; and meetings with local trappers. Some locations are identified by names of rancher owners. Locations include but not limited to Rotten Grass Creek, Montana; Yakima, Washington.

Subjects

Billings , Field notes , Mammalogy , Montana , Ornithology , Rotten Grass Creek , United States , Washington , Yakima

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142174