Bailey - Field notes, Oregon, 1896, and West Virginia, 1897

Travel was part of the job for chief field naturalist Vernon Bailey of the United States Bureau of Biological Survey. In the two years prior to 1896, he had collected and observed specimens in Michigan, Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. In 1896, he returned to Oregon to continue his work and was then dispatched to West Virginia the following year. Always observant, Bailey was regularly collecting and observing biodiversity specimens during his travels, which explains why the first specimen in this field book comes from Nebraska. Please help us transcribe this latest Bailey field book to increase the amount of access we can give to researchers of all kinds.