This is a small red leather field notebook belonging to Vernon Bailey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C., 1907, Vol. III. The cover label reads: "1907 no. 3 / Nevada / Oregon / North Dakota." The notebook records a field survey trip made in November and December 1907, with daily entries noting locations, plants, birds, and mammals observed along a train and stage route from San Francisco through Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and North Dakota, returning east through Montana and Minnesota.

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Page 1 (cover): Y 110 7 / Nevada. / Oregon. Label: 1907 no. 3 / Nevada / Oregon / North Dakota.

Page 2 (front endpaper): [left] asper cau[?] toflets [illegible pencil notes]. [right] Vernon Bailey / U.S. Dept. of Agriculture / Washington D.C. / 1907 / Vol. III.

Page 3: Nov. 7. / Left San Francisco 6:20 PM. / Nov 8 – Truckee, daylight / Reno, still mainly Transition. / Sparks – Upper Sonoran begins– / Ephedra / Salsola vermiculatus / Atriplex canescens / " confertifolia / Tetradymia canescens / Ephedra nevadensis / Hazen / Ammospermophilus leucurus / 1 seen 6 mi. E. [of] Hazen / Wadsworth / Hazen / Lovelock / Ardea herodias 1 / Ardilibuto? 1 / Falco nursamus 1 / Accipiter cooperi 4 / Buteo borealis cal. com / " swainsoni a

Page 4: Nov. 8 Lovelock, Rogers Ranch | Nov. 9. Rogers Ranch. / Corvus sinuatus 20 / " americanus 50 in orfield. / Larus 26+ 53 in [field] / Pica abu. / Euphagus com / Cinclus [few] / Buteo b. calurus " / " swainsoni a few / Archibuteo 4 / Nyctiherax 12 / Bubo 1 / Lophortyx heard / Otocaris a few. / Caught 51 Microtus in 15 minutes. || Nov. 9 Rogers Ranch. / Larus / 165 counted on ground at one time, in one field. Others on wing. / Buteo b. calurus com. / " swainsoni a few / Archibuteo 10 in trees / Corvus sinuatus com. / " americanus abu. / Pica " / Euphagus " / Circus a few / Falco sparverius 1 / " columbarius 1 / " mexicanus 1 / Otocaris com / Juncos " / Flickers 2 / Robin 1 / Sayornis saya 1 / Caught 127 Microtus in hands after plow in 95 minutes. / Mephitis 1 found dead in field / Coyote 1 seen, many heard / Poisoned 1 acre in 30 min. with 8 quarts wheat + arsenic. Same with 8 qts. of barley.

Page 5: Nov. 10 Sunday. / Archibuteo 50 / Buteo b. calurus a few / " " swainsoni " / Circus about 10 / Falco sparverius 1 / " mexicanus 1 / Gulls as usual / Crows " / Ravens " / Euphagus " / Sturnella 3 / Otocaris com. / Nov. 12. Down to Lake. / Carpodacus, not portalis, abu. / Zonotrichia a few / Ammodromus 1 " / Lamus 2 / Gulls 174 in field / Wild geese 2000 on flats / Circus a few / Archibuteo abu. / Buteo b. calurus a few. / Agelaius com / Euphagus " / Sturnella a few / Otocaris com / Night heron 1 / Crows + Ravens com. || Nov. 14 to Hazen + Fallon. / Nov. 15 Fallon. / Thomomys abu. / Ammospermophilus com / Dipodomys deserti " / " m. " / Perognathus ~ / Lepus t. deserticola " / Taxidea ^ / Casins " / Mephitis Tracks / Zonotrichia a few / Passer domesticus 1 / Pjed [?] abu. / Otocaris a few / Sturnella ? / Caleptes cafer 1

Page 6: Nov. 15. Fallon to Hazen. / Nov. 16 to Sacramento to Davis. / Davis / Oranges com. in ton / Lemons " / Grapefruit " / Figs " / Olives " / Peaches " / Almonds! " / Cherries " / Grapes " / Magnolia glauca foetida " / Umbrella tree " / Eucalyptus " / Acacia 3 sp. " / Walnut, native, abu. / Locust com / Oleander " / Washingtonia a few / Agave big 1 || [right page] Gatigero Eremocarpos setigers com / Decnardsa vidats " / Eschscholzia " / Centaurea "ticaloti" " / " big " / Maribium vulgare " / Quercus lobata "

Page 7: Nov. 17. / Edgewood daylight / Ashland / Grants Pass / Ceanothus cuneatus com / " thyrsiflorus integerrimus " / Arctostaphylos viscida " / Eschscholzia " / Eremocarpos setigera " / Quercus kellogia garryana " / Phorodendron on oaks " || Pinus ponderosa com / " lambertiana " / Pseudotsuga " / Libocedrus " / Quercus chrysolepis " / Arbutus " / Acer " / Alnus " / Salix " / Rose " / Populus trichocarpa? " / Corylus rostrata " / Pteris [?] "

Page 8: Nov. 18 Grants Pass. / Hugo / Tunnel No. 9 / Abies [obscured] / Cornus nuttalli / Ceanothus cordulatus / Leland / Wolf Creek / Ceanothus cuneatus / " thyrsiflorus integerrimus / Arctostaphylos viscida || Glendale / Pseudotsuga abu. / Abies lowiana " / Pinus lambertiana a few / " ponderosa on S slopes " / Quercus kellogia garryana " / " densifora on N slopes com / Castanopsis trees " " / Cornus nuttalli " / Acer macrophyllum " / Taxus on N. slopes a few / Corylus rostrata " com / Ceanothus velutinus big " / Gaultheria shallon " / Berberis nervosa " / Vaccinium microphyllum " / Linea borealis " / Rubus nutkanus " / " leucodermis " / Sword ferns " / Vaccinium ovatum a few / Oxalis violacea com. in woods / Alnus along streams / Populus trichocarpa " " / Quercus chrysolepis 1 tree a[t?] / Acer small leaf, com " " / Arbutus com. / Libocedrus decurrens "

Page 9: Nov. 19 Glendale. / Reuben / Same plants + / Ceanothus integerrimus, " / Garrya com " / Umbellularia com. / West Fork / Same timber + plants / Glenbrook / valley opens and is on Transition / Big fields + orchards / peaches, plums, apples / Myrtle Cr. / Ceanothus cuneatus / a few patches on S. slopes. / Not seen again. || Roseburg / Pinus ponderosa, a few / Pseudotsuga a few in places / Libocedrus " " / Quercus kellogia garryana abu / " californica a few / Arbutus abu. / Fraxinus com / Acer macrophyllum " / Alnus along streams / Salix " " / Cornus nuttalli com. / Reached Portland at 11 P.M. / Nov. 20. Portland – / Oregon Hotel – / Left Portland at 11:45 PM.

Page 10: Nov. 21 Tacoma, 5:58:15 am / Grass green + fresh / Berry + apple + hop fields / Aubrey / Alnus / Populus trichocarpa / Acer grandidentata / Fraximus / Pseudotsuga / Tsuga / Thuya plicata? / Betula? / Abies lowiana! / Cornus nuttalli / Rubus nutkanus / Ravendale 6000 ft. / Kanarsleet [?] / Sistera [?] 1600 ft / Snow on hills above! / Erosion – lower edge 2400 / Summit / Populus tremuloides / Pinus murrayana

Page 11: Easton 2150 / Edgd snow / Pinus ponderosa / Cedar / Cle Elum 1900 / Populus trem. along bottoms / Pinus ponderosa abu. / Kenzea a little / Open country / Tharp 1650 / Open country / Ellensburg 1500 / Pinus ponderosa a few flat / Aspens thickets in wet bottoms / Artemisia tridentata abu. / Cottonwoods on bottoms too / North Yakima 1100 ft. || Nov. 23. North Yakima. / Nachite [?] / Populus balsamifera / Salix / Pinus ponderosa a few along R. / Pseudotsuga 1 " " / Pinus murrayana 1 " " / Artemisia tridentata abu. / Bigelovia tortifolia " / Wyethia amplexicaulis " / Kanzia [?] " / Amelanchier " / Alnus abu. along R. / Tetradymia canesens a few / Eriogonum shabby com. / Opuntia spp. " / Birds / Anas boscas, 3 + 50 / Merganser americanus 3 in river / Ardea herodias 1 / Pica hudsonica com / Otocaris a / Juncos " / Wands. / Canis latrans, tracks abu / Lynx " " / Procyon com. / Zapidra " / Thomomys abu. / Microtus com in alfalfa / Perognathus com.

Page 12: Nov. 23 Pasco 7 AM / Artemisia tridentata abu / Bigelovia tortifolia " / " canescens " / Gutierrezia " / Tetadiphrus a few? / Atriplex canescens a few / Nutmurkia [?] abu / Phacelia " / Kanzia com in places / Opuntia, small, a few patches 1414 / Walhula [?] to Hunts Junction / Up Creek to plains – / Big grain fields / Lepus columbianus 1, trail com. / Citellus townsendi? burrows / abu. near Pendleton. / Pendleton 11 am to 4:40 PM. / Meacham, snow, a few inches / Kamela " 5? " / La Grande mud 3 " || Nov. 24 Sunday – / Rained all day / Nov. 25 La Grande, 8:30 / Sagegrouse 4 in field at / Imbler – / Elgin, left on stage at 1 PM. / Wallowa canyon, dark. / Wallowa 8:30 PM. / Nov. 26, started at 10 AM. / Struck snow on mesa at 10 in. / Snow 1 to 6 inches deep. / Followed Paradise road 15 mi. / Elk Mtns. / Swamp Creek dark / Chico 8 PM. / 27

Page 13: Nov. 27 Chico, 6:30 am / ShupPasture 12 m. / Pinus ponderosa on S slopes / " murrayana on N.N. abu / Abies " " / Picea " " / Pseudotsuga s / Larix? / Populus tremuloides com. / Alnus " / Salix " / Ceanothus velutinus " || Shup Pasture + Chico / Bonasa tracks / Dendrogapus said[s] com. / Pediocetes abu. low down / Ceophlocus [?] 2. com. / Zeropicus " / Certhia 1 / Sitta 1 / Parus gambli 1 / Colaptes 1 / Cyanocitta heard / Ovis com / Cervus several herds / Odocoileus pennsylvanus, com / Sciurus kaibabii [?] " / Peromyscus tracks / Thomomys abu. / Erethizon a few / Lepus bairdii abu. / Canis latrans " / " occidentalis a few. / Lynx " / Felis " " / Taxidea " / Procyon " / Putorius " / Mustela canivens " / Ursus am. + horribilis a

Page 14: Nov. 28 / Back to Wallowa / Nov. 29 / Left Wallowa at 3 AM. / Elgin 10:45 / La Grande 12 || Nov. 30 La Grande 9 am / Up Canyon / Pinus ponderosa N. slopes / Pseudotsuga " / Populus balsamifera, bottoms / Alnus " / Salix / Amelanchier / Cornus stoloses [?] / Symphoricarpus / Apulaches [?] / Larix on N. / Ceanothus velutinus / Helgard / Picea / Arctostaphylos nevadensis / Pinus murrayana / Kamela / Canadian zone to Meacham + a little beyond / Pendleton 12 / Paseo 9 PM.

Page 15: Dec. 1, Spokane, 7 am / Left Spokane 11 PM. / Dec. 2, Summit, daylight / De Smet / Missoula / frosty, no snow / Continental divide / Snow 3 inches, not far / towards [other?] side – / Helena / Livingston dark. || Dec. 3 / Glendive Sunrise / Badlands / Populus / Salix / Negundo / Rosa / Artemisia / Juniperus on hills. / Pinus ponderosa? " / Wibaux boys skating / Open prairie / Slatelling [?] / Prairie / Sentinel Butte / Cottonwoods in draws / Ash " / Boxelder " / Bullberry " / Rose " / Artemisia cana? abu. " / Prairie dog town / 2 mi N. of Waldon Station. / Juniperus, a few on bank / Waldon, more Badlands / Some trees / more sagebrush + juniper / Clematis

Page 16: Little Missouri R. / Medora / Dogtown 1 mi, 2, 25 dogs in no[?] purecoms. / Populus poorti [?] / Fraximus / Negundo 1 / Shepherdia / Juniperus / Clematis / Rosa / Artemisia cana, to 10 mi. E. / Bigelovia of 4 " / Gutierrezia / Atriplex confertifolia, 3 mi. / [Grouse?] – 20 – / Open prairie / Belfield, dogtown / Cottonwoods / Ash / Boxelder / Maple / Bullberry / South Heart / Ash / Boxelder / Bullberry / Cottonwood / Open prairie || Dickinson / Cottonwood / Ash / Boxelder / Bullberry / Andropogon first seen / Rosa / Willow / Mostly prairie / lots of farms / Gladstone / Same plants / Wide prairies, many farms / Richardton – / all prairie / Antelope / still prairie / Hebron / all prairie / Glen Mullen small creek / Ash along creek / Boxelder " / Cottonwood " / Willows " / Rose bushes " / Artemisia Ind.?

Page 17: New Salem / Still prairie, lots of farms / Creek valley / Cottonwood / Ash / Boxelder / Willow / Plum / Oak / [Alnus?] no stop / Same / Sunnyside, stock yards / big cottonwood bottoms / Mandan / Missouri R. / Closed up with ice – || Bismarck / Negundo abu. on bottoms / Populus poorti abu. " / Fraximus virides " " / Salix vestata + nigra + other / Shepherdia argentea abu. " / Symphorocarpus abu. on mesa / Artemisia frigida " " " / " dracunculoides " / " ludoviciana / Solidago cana, on patch / hybrids? / Guterizia? / Liatris / Grindelia abu. / Rudbeckia hirsuta? a few " / Psoralia argophylla abu. / Glycerrhiza com. on plats / Cornus " peJosin. " / Rosa / Symphocarpas / Sphaeranthus lanceolata? " " / Xanthium " " / Ambrosian big " " / Quercus macrocarpa " " / Prunus demissa com. / Amelanchier alifolia " / Elagnus argentia? 1 bush / Ulmus com. on plats / Vitis " "

Page 18: Opuntia missouriensis com. S. slope / Yucca glauca " / Andropogon? " / Helianthus lanceolata? com. / Helianthus annuus one patch / Lithospermum hirsutum 1 / Hasackia? com. SW. / Astragalus caryocarpus? a few / Amorpha . || Bismarck / Odocoileus tracks / Microtus / Thomomys talpoidas / Lepus campestris / " socalmai? / Mephitis / Putorius / Taxidea / Pediocetes 1 / Pica 1 / Calcarius? heard / Parus septentrionalis com / Bubo occidentalis 1 / Passer domesticus / Scolopter nebulosa / feathers with rabbit fur.

Page 19: Dec. 5 Mandan. / Populus fluverti [?] abu / Salix vestata " / " nigra " / " " yellow, a few / Quercus macrocarpa com / Fraximus " / Ulmus " / Negundo " / Prunus demissa " / Amelanchier " / Crataegus com. in places / Shepherdia abu. / Cornus red " / Symphoricarpos " / Rosa " / Prunus americanus plum, com. / Salva S. com / Asclepias speciosa " " / Muntzelia " " / Artemisian cana, com. / " frigida " abu / " ludoviciana " / " dracunculata " / Solidago com. / " " / " " / Gutierrezia " || Helianthus annuus, a few / " lanceolata? com. / Aster / Rudbeckia hirsuta com. / Astragalus / Oxytropes lambertiana? com / Andropogon? abu. S. / Graminea " / Stipa " / Psoralia argophylla " / Yucca com. S. / Rhus diversiloba a few / Smilax? com. / Clematis virginiamas " / Ampelopsis quinquefolia / Andropogon? tall 1 on plats S. / Gyrovetta crostola, heard / Pica hudsoinca " / Parus atristrionis [?] " / Passer domesticus com.

Page 20: Dec. 5 Left Mandan 3:45 / Bismarck 4:12 / Open prairie / Burleigh dark / Dec. 6 Elk River 5 am / Out to Meadow Vale / Dec. 4, to Elk River / Dec. 10, to Minneapolis + St. Paul / Dec. 11. Chicago, noon, delayed by wreck. / Dec. 12 / Pittsburg, daylight

Page 22 (back section, plants list): Plants 1907 / 1414. Opuntia / Nachim, Wash. Nov. 22. / Bismarck, N. Dak – Dec. 4. / 1415. Yucca angustifolia / Opuntia / 1416. Opuntia missouriensis / 1417. Populus

Page 24: [Blank grid pages with dried plant specimens pressed between pages — thin twigs with small seed capsules.]

Page 25: [Pressed dried maple-like leaf, reddish-brown, five-lobed, with long petiole.]

Page 26: [Scanned separately: underside of same or similar pressed leaf, pale tan/yellow.]

Page 27: [Blank grid pages with small dried flower specimen — long stem with small yellow flower head pressed in notebook.]

Page 28: [Scanned separately: pressed yellow flower, likely Eschscholzia (California poppy) or similar, on long slender stem.]

Page 29: Transportation Order / 44109 Nov. 6. / San Francisco to Lovelock + ret. $24.90 / 7.00 / 2.64 / 10.90

Page 30 (addresses): Mrs. C. Clarke, Glendale, Or. / S.J. Coatney, Lovelock Hotel / Howard K. O'Brien, / George O'Brien, Wallowa / Mrs. C. Clarke, Glendale, Or. / Thos. H. Means, Fallon, Nev. / S.J. Coatney, Fallon, Nev. / Walter A. Fay, Chico, Or. / Jacobs, North Yakima / Louis Laush, Cowiche P.O., [Oregon?] / Eugene Church, Tacoma, Box 28 / Lovelock Tribune, Lovelock, Nev. / Fred L. Green, Red Bluff / 405 Crittenden St. / Mr. Geo. S. Webb, Lovelock, Nev. / for Lake Letontin. / Cap. Bonneville. / Burson + Withycombe, Druggists / Lovelock, Nev.

Page 32 (back endpaper): North 1123 Ute / 6905 N. / 1457 Meridian Pl. / 246 2, Portland [?] / Main 4040 / [illegible] / Zuckalroe [?] 5341 / Mo[?]