Bailey, V. O., Louisiana, January 1926 - February 1926

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

1926

Notes

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's fieldwork in Louisiana, January 4 - February 14, 1926. The entries are dated and describe travel from Washington, DC (mode of travel, destinations, times of day, campsites); weather; vegetation (including types listed with binomial and state of growth); terrain (beaches, marshes); interactions with colleagues and local inhabitants; specimen collecting (including rodents with quantities, stomach contents): observations fauna including behaviors, diet, and habitat; and contents of owl pellets. A lot of the habitat described is in wetlands. Includes lists of birds and mammals seen per site, muskrat foods (scientific names with notes), and notes about trapping. Locations includes Cameron [parish], Bayou Blade, Morgan City, Lake Saint Catherine, Louisiana.

Subjects

Cameron , Field notes , Louisiana , Mammalogy , Morgan City , Ornithology , Saint Catherine, Lake , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142207