Title
Bailey, V. O., Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, June 1893 - September 1893
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
1893
Notes
The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming, June 19 - September 30, 1893. The entries describe travel and specimen collecting. Descriptions include observations of vegetation (trees and shrubs listed with scientific or common name), terrain, wildlife, specimens collected (type and quantity), habitat, weather, and temperature. Includes tables of specimen data headed with location, listing type and quantity per date. In the end of the notebook is a list of "distances" with location ranges visited. Locations include Pyramid Lake, Wadsworth, Halleck, Nevada; Ogden, Wellsville, Wasatch mountains, Utah; Montpelier Creek, Preuss mountains, Idaho; Wind River mountains, Wyoming.
Subjects
Botany
,
Field notes
,
Idaho
,
Mammalogy
,
Montpelier Creek
,
Nevada
,
Ogden
,
Ornithology
,
Preuss Range
,
United States
,
Utah
,
Wadsworth
,
Wasatch Range
,
Wind River Range
,
Wyoming
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.139036
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