Title
Bailey, V. O., Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, July 1904 - December 1904
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
1904
Notes
The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, July 4 - December 18, 1904. The entries are dated and pages are often headed with locations. Details travel, routes, campsites, terrain (elevation), weather, vegetation, specimens collected, stories about and interactions with local inhabitants, geology. Includes extensive descriptions of local Indian tribes, a fiesta (Jicarilla Apache) and notes about Taos language, including English translations. Locations includes Taos mountains, Questa, Stinking Lake, Gallinas Mountains, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Hopewell (state unidentified).
Subjects
Albuquerque
,
Botany
,
Colorado
,
Field notes
,
Gallinas Mountains
,
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico
,
Mammalogy
,
New Mexico
,
Ornithology
,
Questa
,
Stinking Lake
,
Taos Mountains
,
Texas
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.139017
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