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Bailey, V. O., New Mexico, Texas, June 1902 - September 1902

by: Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942

Publication date: 1902

Topics: Mammalogy, Ornithology, Botany, Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in New Mexico and Texas, June 6 - 24, 1902. In the inside cover, Bailey lists US Department of Agriculture. Entries are dated and often headed with location. They describe routes, distances traveled, terrain (marshes, swamps, elevation), campsites, vegetation (state of bloom), observed wildlife, weather, temperature, photographs taken, specimen collecting and preparation, work with Hollister, daily work and time of day, birds and rice fields of Louisiana, and field work across New Mexico. Some specimen information includes measurements and sex. Some location information includes of ranches. Includes a hand drawn map of campsites and route through Mescalero Indian reservation (New Mexico), including notations for rivers. Locations include Jefferson, San Antonio, Valentine, Texas; Marshall, (state unidentified); Shreveport, Louisiana; Guadalupe mountains, Cloudcroft, Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Abstract: The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting mammal and bird specimens in New Mexico and Texas, June 6 - 24, 1902. In the inside cover, Bailey lists US Department of Agriculture. Entries are dated and often headed with location. They describe routes, distances traveled, terrain (marshes, swamps, elevation), campsites, vegetation (state of bloom), observed wildlife, weather, temperature, photographs taken, specimen collecting and preparation, work with Hollister, daily work and time of day, birds and rice fields of Louisiana, and field work across New Mexico. Some specimen information includes measurements and sex. Some location information includes of ranches. Includes a hand drawn map of campsites and route through Mescalero Indian reservation (New Mexico), including notations for rivers. Locations include Jefferson, San Antonio, Valentine, Texas; Marshall, (state unidentified); Shreveport, Louisiana; Guadalupe mountains, Cloudcroft, Santa Rosa, New Mexico.