Bailey, V. O., Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, May 1888 - August 1888
date: label: Date Range
content: 1888
label: Start Date
content: 18880515
label: End Date
content: 18880831
notes: label: Abstract
content: The journal documents Vernon Orlando Bailey's collecting of mammal and bird specimens in Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming, 1888. Entries are dated, and begin with location and travel (including travel via rivers, accommodations). Details include descriptions of the effect of heavy rains on area rivers (Elk and Minnesota), state of flowering trees in area (per type of tree), weather, temperature, collecting methods, and observations of wildlife in their habitat (in midst of collecting). Specimen types are often listed with common name. Many of these were gophers and prairie dogs as well as other rodents. Locations include Fort Pierre, O'Neill (on Niobrara), Buffalo Gap, South Dakota; North Park, Colorado; Cheyenne, Wyoming.
place: label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: Colorado
label: Place
content: South Dakota
label: Place
content: Wyoming
label: Place
content: Niobrara River
label: Place
content: Buffalo Gap
label: Place
content: Cheyenne
label: Place
content: Fort Pierre
topic: label: Topic
content: Mammalogy
label: Topic
content: Ornithology
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content: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
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content: Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA Acc. 12-443
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: At least 24 hours advance notice is recommended to consult this collection. Contact the Division of Mammals at 202-633-1253 to make an appointment.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Mammal Section, Bird and Mammal Labs, Fish and Wildlife Service, US Department of the Interior, Division of Mammals
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Division of Mammals