Field notes, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia, July 18-September 5, 1892
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[[female symbol]] [[strikethrough]] 485 X 150 X [[/strikethrough]] 58
[[strikethrough]] [[male symbol]] 715 X 305 X 73 [[/strikethrough]]
Goodnight Ranch
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665 X 280 X 70
L. 1/1. A 2/2, P. 3/3 [[female symbol]]
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Mink. [[male symbol]] 590 X 185 X 69.
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J. L. Hayes
Gainesville, Tex.
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[[strikethrough]] Lent to B. [[el D?]] $30.00 [[/strikethrough]]
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S. [[I blivesto?]]. [[female symbol]] 250 X 80 X 33
Washita Falls, Aug, 16.
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Lepus s. [[female symbol]] 390 X 50 X 90
Whichita Falls, Aug. 17
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P.D [[female symbol]] im. 332 X 78.62 [[line across page]]
Lepus s. [[male symbol]] 370 X 50 X 89
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P. D. [[female symbol]] 425 X 90 X 60
I. 1/1 A. 2/1, P 1/1
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P. D. [female symbol]] 385 X 83 X 61
I. 1/1, A. 2/2, P. 1/1
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[[underline]] Field Notes [[/underline]]
1892
Vernon Bailey
U. S. Dpt. of Agl.
Kiowa, Aug. 31,
Lepus syli 362 X 45 X 82
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Lepus [[female symbol]] 590 X 80 X 128
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Geomys [[male symbol]] 208 X 66 X 30
Aug. 26
[[underlined]] Prairie Dogs reported [[/underlined]] at
Columbus, Neb.
Salina, Saline Co., Kan.
Hutchinson, Reno Co. Kan.
Wellington, Sumner Co. " [[Ditto for: Kan.]]
At mouth of Wichita R., Tex.
Ragsdale.
Perodipus & Geomys at Bell Plane, Sumner Co. 3 mi. N.E. of town, Prill.
P.D. town at Derby, Kan.
Sedgwic Co.
P.D. town at Clearwater, Kan. 22 mi. N.W. of Belle Plains
P.D. town at Wichita, & 2 C. ludo - in drugstore.
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[[underlined]] Cedar Vale, Kansas July 18 [[/underlined]]
Ammodramus s. perpallidus,
1 skin, common.
Colinus virginianus. com
Zenaidura macruoura " [[Ditto for: com]]
Litte blue Crane 1 seen
Cathartes aura. com.
Buteo
Colaptes auratus 2
Antrostomys carolinianus 2
Chordeiles
Coccyzus americanus 2
Cyanascitta cristata com.
Otocaris
Corvus americanus
Quiscalus
Aegalis phoeniceus
[[Malathrisates?]], com
Sturnella magna. " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cardinalus cardinalus " [[Ditto for: com]]
[[Ganraca?]] cyanea 2
Passerina cyanea, com
Passer domestica. com. in town
Chondestis grammaca, com
Spiza americana, " [[Ditto for: com]]
Ammodramus s. perpallidus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Lanius
Vireo bellii 2
Vireo olivaceus, com
[[underline]] Cedar Vale, Kansas. [[/underline]] 19
Chelidon Erythrogastis, com
Petrochelidon lunifrons, com
Progue subis " [[Ditto for: com]]
Trochilus colubris 1
Icteria virens com
Parus atricapillus 1
[[underline]] July 20 [[/underline]]
Melanerpes erythrocephalus 2
Spinus tristis
Megascops asio tree
[[underline]] July 21 [[/underline]]
Contopus virens 1
Driobates pubescens 1
Poliopatila cerulea 1
Aegialitis vocifera 3
Sialia sialis
Merula migratoria 2
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[[underline]] Cedarvale July 19 [[/underline]]
Quercus muehlenbergii, com
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] m. privoides " [[Ditto for: com]]
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] nigra " [[Ditto for: com]]
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] coccinea " [[Ditto for: com]]
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] stillata
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] macrocarpa
Fraxinus viridis
Ulmus americana
Populus angulata
Acer dasycarpum
Carya porciva
Juglans
Ptelia trifolata
Xanthoxylum
Astragalus [[caryacarpus?]] a few on high hill
Rhus glabra abn
" [[Ditto for: Rhus]] copallina " [[Ditto for: abn]]
Sambucus canadensis
Silphium laciniatum, C
Celastrus scandens - on rocky N.E. slope
Solanum rostratum abn. on waste ground
Potato bags on it.
Nelumbium luteum , seen
near Peru, July 17.
Ulmus fulva
Platanus occidentalis com
Cercis " " [[Dittos for: occidentalis com]]
Cornus
Celtis
Rubus occidentalis , a few
Celastras scandens
Quercus rubra , com.
Rhus toxicodendron, com
" [[Ditto for: Rhus]] aromatica " [[Ditto for: com]]
Helianthus annuus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Aesclepias tuberosa " [[Ditto for: com]]
Petalestemon violacea, com
Woodbine
Menosfermum scandens
Negundo aceroides, a few.
Aesculus glabra
Ampelopsis quinquefolia,
Tecoma radicans,
one bush in town.
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Belle Plaine, Kansas
[[underline]] July 22 [[/underline]]
Aegialites vocifera 3
Colinus virginianus , com
Falco sparverius, 2 from car -
Tyrannus tyrannus, com
Cyanocitta cristata 1
Otocaris
Zenaidura macroura, abn.
Quiscalus " [[Ditto for: abn.]]
Agelias phoenicius, in flock
Harforhynchus rufus - com
Sturnella magma. abn.
Chelidon erythrogaster " [[Ditto for: abn.]]
Passer domestica " [[Ditto for: abn.]]
Icterus spurius com
[[underline]] July 23 [[/underline]]
Mimus pollyglottis com
Lanius 1
Vireo bellii com
Cathartes aura 1
[[underline]] July 25 [[/underline]]
Gurica coerulia, a few
Merula migratoria 2
Icterus galbula ? 2
Ceryle alcyon 2
Little Heron
[[underline]] July 26 [[/underline]]
[[Galeascaptis carolinianus?]] 1
Dryobates pubescens 1
Cardinalis cardinalis 2
[[Mylaschus crimtins?]] 2
Ammodramus com
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[[underline]] Belle Plaine, Kansas [[/underline]]
Populus [[strikethrough]] angulata [[/strikethrough]] com
Fraxinus virdis.
Acer dasycarpum com
Negundo aceroides
Tecoma radicans 1 in town
Peach
Apple
Pear Plum
Cherries
Desmodium illinoisensis
Petalestemon violacea
Amorphia canescens, abn
Psoralea tenuiflora , com
" [[Ditto for: Psoralea]] argophylla " [[Ditto for: com]]
Helianthus annuus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Solanum rostratum " [[Ditto for: com]]
Physalis 'l.' laevigata " [[Ditto for: com]]
Quercus macrocarpa
Catalpa bignonioides
Ulmus fulva " [[Ditto for: Ulmus]] americana
Silphium lacinatum
Rudbeckia
Populus monolifera
Sambucus canadensis
Rhus toxicodendron
July 27
Left Belle Plaine at 10 A.M.
[[underline]] Wichita [[/underline]]
Geomys hills com, W. of Ark. R. on sandy bottoms
Strike clay praire about 5 mi. W. of Wichita -
[[underline]] Gandard [[/underline]]
Lepus sylvaticus 2
[[underline]] Garden Plain [[/underline]]
P.D. town, numerous over 40 acres -
Speotyto, com, 6 seen around one P.D. hole.
A small River
Lepus texianus 1 seen
Ceryle alcyon 1
[[underline]] Cheney [[/underline]]
Creeks & sandy soil,
Geomys hills, com
Lepus tex, very pale
Clay again & no [[Gophers?]]
[[underline]] Murdock [[/underline]]
Yucca angustifolia 1
Red clay & shale - bare
Geomys or thomomys hills
P.D.
Lepus texianus 3
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small river, sandy -
Geomys hills com. at [[underline]] Kingman [[/underline]]
Geomys hills abn, to [[underline]] Calista [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Cunningham, [[/underline]] Dark
[[underline]] Cairo, Kansas, July 28 [[/underline]]
Colinus virginianus
Argialitis vocifera, com
Rallus heard,
Willet 1 seen
Zenaidura com
Otocoris 1
Quiscalus com
Xanthacephalus a few
Agelaius phoeniceus com
Malothros ater. a few
Sturnella neglecta. com
Ammodramus 1
Chelodon erythrogaster. com
Tyrannus tyrannus " [[Ditto for: com]]
[[Epriza americana?]], com
Aryle alcyon 1
Chardiles
Spealyto hypogea 3
Geothlypis trachis 1
Colinus, flock of 25 nearly full grown, one of about 20
half grown, one large brood just hatched.
Progne subis com
Chilodon erythrogaster " [[Ditto for: com]]
Petrochilidon lunifrons " [[Ditto for: com]]
Totanus melanoleucas 3
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[[underlined]] Cairo, Kansas July 28 [[/underlined]]
Populus
Yucca angustifolis, com
Opuntia vulgaris " [[Ditto for: com]]
Mammilaria " [[Ditto for: com]]
Amorphia canesceus " [[Ditto for: com]]
" " " [[Ditto for: Amorphia canesceus com]]
Helianthus annus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Petalostemon violacia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Gramma grass " [[Ditto for: com]]
Psoralea tenuiflora " [[Ditto for: com]]
Devils claws " [[Ditto for: com]]
Plantago " [[Ditto for: com]]
Solanum rostratum " [[Ditto for: com]]
Devils claws " [[Ditto for: com]]
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[[underline]] Garden Plains, Kansas [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Aug. 2 [[/underline]]
Tyrannus tyrannus com
Colinus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Zenaidura " [[Ditto for: com]]
Aegialitis vocifera " [[Ditto for: com]]
Sturnella m. neglecta " [[Ditto for: com]]
Colaptes auratus, pure, 2 ad. & im
Merula migratoria 1
Chondestes 1
Spiza americana, com
Lanius " [[Ditto for: com]]
Chordeiles 1
Speotyto 20
Harporhynchus rufus 2
Cardinalis cardinalis 1
Icterus spurius 2
Vireo bellii 1
Bitteris 1
Aegialis phoeniceus com
Cathartes aura 1
Spinus tristis
Cyanocitta cristata 1
Mimus pollyglottos 1
[[underlined]] Aug. 3, 92 [[/underlined]]
Left Garden Plain at 6:45 A.
[[underlined]] Wichita [[/underlined]] 7:30 A.M.
[[underlined]] Melvane [[/underlined]]
All clay soil, No [[greenery?]]
[[underlined]] Udall [[/underlined]]
Clay prairie
[[underlined]] Seley [[/underlined]]
Clay soil, Rock ledges & cliffs.
Timber along stream as at Cedar Vale -
[[underlined]] Winfield [[/underlined]]
dry, rocky, rolling
[[underlined]] Arkansas City [[/underlined]]
Crossed Arkansas R.
Plants along River same as at Cedar Vale -
[[underlined]] Territory line [[/underlined]]
big grassy prairie
slightly rolling
clay soil
no farms, cutting hay
Boundless prairie, splendid
grass, gentle swells
beautiful
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One Geomys hills on bank, all clay. No settlers in sight.
Corvus americanus 12
[[underlined]] Kildare [[/underlined]]. station
[[underline]] Ponca. [[/underline]] Aug. 3
Aegialitis vocifera, com
Actitus macularis, 1 " [[Ditto for: com]]
Calinus virginianus, com
Cathartes aura a few
Zenaidura, abn.
Gallipavio said to occur.
Buteo
Coccyzus americanus , heard
[[Driotrates pubescens?]]
Melanerpes carolineanis 1.
[[Driobatra?]] v. - 2
Rallus ? 1
Myiarchus crinitus, com
Vireo olivaceus 1 killed
Polioptila caerulea com
Scissortail fly catcher 2
Cardinalis cardinalis com
Sturnella com
Passer ?
Molothrus ater com
Quiseolus com
Chelidon erythrogaster " [[Ditto for: com]]
Petrochelidon lunifrons , com
Chordiles
Spiza americana , com
Corvus americanus 8
Galeoscoptis carolinensis 1
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[[underline]] Aug 4 [[/underline]]
Melanerpes erythrocephalus 2
Parus
Vireo bellii 1
Contopus virens
Chondestes gramacus 2
Merula migratoria 3
Sialia sialis com
Bartramia longicauda 1
Aegialites montanus ? 3
Cyanocitta cristata 1
Harporhychus rufus
Turdus mustelinus heard
Gaurica cerulaea 1
Colaptes auratus 4
Geothlypis formosus 1 (P)
Parus com
Spizella 1
Thryothorus 4
Megascops asio 1
Buteo 1
Mniotilta varia 1 (P)
Setophaga americana 1 (P)
Sitta
Falco c. suckleyi
Tyrannus tyrannus
Spinus trestis com
Dendroica aestiva 1
[[underline]] Ponca Agency, Aug. 4. [[/underline]]
Quercus macrocarpa
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] nigra
Carya parcina ?
Juglans nigra, com
Populus narolifera
Cercis canadensis
Celtis occidentalis
Ulmus americana
Platanus occidentalis
(Shepherdoides)
(Coffee tree?)
Negrindo aceroides
Gledischia tricanthas
Diospras virginianis
Amorphia canescens
Helianthus annuus
Glycyrrhiza lepidata com
Artemisia ludovicina " [[Ditto for: com]]
Petalestemon violacea & others
Astragalus ? shrubby. saved -
Cassia marilandica
Schrankia uncynita
Solanum rastraturn
Woodbine
Menispermum canadense
Fraxinus (viridis?)
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Rhus toxicodendron
" [[Ditto for: Rhus]] glabra
Desmodium acuminatum
Cornus asperifolia
Phytalacca decondra
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Aug. 6.
[[underlined]] Left Ponca at [[/underlined]] 11 A.M.
[[underlined]] Red Rock [[/underlined]]
Sandy prairie, small stream
Geomys hills com.
Cynomys a few
Big prairies, lots of cattle
[[underlined] Wharton [[/underlined]]
Cynomys, a small town.
Rocky ledges, red sand
Red clay & shale
Geomys hills scarce
[[underlined]] Orlando [[/underlined]]
Red clay, rolling prairie
small waterways with trees.
Geomys, scarce
lots of farms, little board houses, good crops.
No Amorphia canescens
[[underlined]] Mullhall [[/underlined]]
same country.
Amorphia canescen &
Psorailea tenuiflora, scarce
[[underlined]] Guthrie [[/underlined]] a big town of little houses
Quercus mulhemburgii
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[[underlined]] Seward [[/underlined]]
Some oak covered ridges
[[underlined]] Edmond [[/underlined]]
[[underline]] Oklahoma City Aug. 7. [[/underline]]
Quercus nigra com
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] stellata " [[Ditto for: com]]
[[insertion]] & var. [[/insertion]]
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] macrocarper, a few
Populus monolifera com
Platanus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cercis " [[Ditto for: com]]
Celtis " [[Ditto for: com]]
Ulmus americana com
" [[Ditto for: Ulmus]] fulva " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cornus asperifolia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Diaspiras virginianus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Juglans nigra
[[(Shepherdoides)?]]
Menespermum canadense
Passiflora incarnata com
Ampelopsis quinquifolia com
Vitis 3
Amorphia canescens " [[Ditto for: com]]
Psoralea tenuiflora " [[Ditto for: com]]
Petalestimon violacea " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cassia (Merilandica ?) " [[Ditto for: com]]
Schrankia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Artemisia ludoviciana " [[Ditto for: com]]
Solanum rostratum " [[Ditto for: com]]
Gramma grass " [[Ditto for: com]]
Coreopsis tinctoria " [[Ditto for: com]]
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Rhus glabra com
" [[Ditto for: Rhus]] capellina " [[Ditto for: com]]
" [[Ditto for: Rhus]] toxicodendron " [[Ditto for: com]]
Phytolacca decandra " [[Ditto for: com]]
Phoradendron flavescens [[underline]] c [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Oklahoma [[/underline]] 2 P.M.
[[underline]] Aug 7 [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Norman [[/underline]]
Canadian R. Almost dry
wide sandy bed.
Geomy hills. abn
[[underline]] Purcell [[/underline]]
Cotton bales
Cotton field
[[underline]] Pauls Valley [[/underline]]
Cotton in blossom. com
Castor plant. large fields
Broom corn
Winnewood
Q. rubra ?
" [[Ditto for: Q]] (glabra)
[[underline]] Washita [[/underline]] station
wide clayey valley
good cotton
[[underline]] Davis [[/underline]]
Q. hybrida? 1
" [[Ditto for: Q.]] prinus ? a few - com.
Rockey knobs with many peculiar plants.
timbered valley.
Pawpaw
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[[left margin bracket]] [[underline]] Dougherty [[/underline]] a hotel & little town
Bald rocky hills all around Dougherty, a good locality woods & stream & valley [[/bracket]]
Juniperus
Quarry
[[underline]] Berwyn [[/underline]]
Timbered hilly
[[underline]] [[Ardmare?]] [[/underline]]
Prairie & woods, clay,
no Geomys -
Lepus tex. 1
[[underline]] Oberbrook [[/underline]] sec. houses
Oak woods -
Clay
[[left margin bracket]] [[underline]] Marietta [[/underline]]
Prairie, clay [[/bracket]]
Lepus tex. 1
[[underline]] Thackerville [[/underline]] station
Sandy, woods -
[[underline]] Red R. [[/underline]]
Clay
Sophora affinis
P.D. at mouth of little [[Wichita?]] 15 mi. N.E. of Heneritta
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Gainsville, Tex.
[[underline]] Aug 9. [[/underline]]
Sturnella com
Ardea herodias 1
Bartramia longicauda 4
Colinus virginianns
Zeraidura abn
Cathartes aura com
Tyrannus tyrannus
Milvulus forficatus com
Coccyzus americanus 1
Molothrus ater " [[Ditto for: 1]]
Cyanocitta cristata " [[Ditto for: 1]]
Geococcyx a few
Cardinalis cardinalis com
[[Puceae a. bachmani?]] " [[Ditto for: com]]
[[Driobates pubescens?]] " [[Ditto for: com]]
[[Driobates v. huduboni?]] " [[Ditto for: com]]
Melanerpes carolinus 1
" [[Ditto for: Melanerpes]] [[erythrocephalus?]] 1
[[Polyoptila caerulea?]] com
Parus carolinensis " [[Ditto for: com]]
" [[Ditto for: Parus]] bicolor " [[Ditto for: com]]
Chondestes " [[Ditto for: com]]
Sialia sialis " [[Ditto for: com]]
Mimus polyglottis " [[Ditto for: com]]
Ammodramys 1
Icterus spurius com
Miss. Kite 1
[[strikethrough]] Dendroica d. albilora 1 [[/strikethrough]]
[[Catharisstris atrata?]] 4
Lanius 1
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Gainesville Texas
Aug. 11
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Quercus stellata
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] nigra
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] rubra
" [[Ditto for: Quercus]] parvifolia
Ilex
Carya olivaeformis com
Psoralea tenuiflora " [[Ditto for: com]]
Juglans nigra
Populus monilifera " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cetis
Cercis
Yucca angustifolia few.
Opuntia vulgaris com
Solanum rostratum, com
Ulmus fulva
" [[Ditto for: Ulmus]] alata
" [[Ditto for: Ulmus]] americana
Plum
Morus
Vitis labrusca ?
Ampelopsis quinquifolia
Viburnum prunifolium
Cornus asperifolia
[[Mimosaea procumbens?]] ?
Schrankia
Passiflora incarnata
Persimon
Catalpa
Helianthus anuus
Catalpa bignonoides
Salt Grass
[[Bodzeck?]]
China tree, wild species
Melia
Crape myrtle
Honeysuckle
Fig
Rhus toxicodendron
" [[Ditto for: Rhus]] glabra ? saved
" [[Ditto for: Rhus]] capallina
Fraxinus com
Tecoma radicans, [[underlined]] in [[/underlined]] yard.
Euphorbia abn.
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Gainesville, Tex
[[underline]] Aug 15, 5 P.M. [[/underline]]
creeks & woods & prairies station
[[line]]
Prairies
Silphium lacinatum com
[[underlined]] St. Jo. [[/underlined]]
X timbers
hilly, dup yellow sand
Scrab oaks, scattering
timber & brush
Helianthus annuus, abn
[[underline]] Bonita [[/underline]] in X timbers
Lepus tex. 2
[[underlined]] Nocona [[/underlined]]
Opens gradula on to prairie.
Clay soil, some sandy -
[[underlined]] Belecher? [[/underlined]]
big prairie
Milvulus, flock of 20
Mesquite?
[[Cucurbity?]]
Everlasting prairie
R.R. grade & tent town.
[[underlined]] Doss [[/underlined]]
Dark
[[underlined]] [[Heneritta?]] [[/underlined]]
[[underline]] Wichita Falls Tex. Aug. 14 [[/underline]]
Aegialitis voicfera com
Zenaidura macroura " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cathartes aura com
[[Chondestes?]] " [[Ditto for: com]]
[[Colinus v. tex?]] - heard
Milvulus forficatus com
Cardinalis 2
Molothrus ater com
Chondestes grammacus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Mimus pollyglottis 1
Sialia sialis, com
Myiarchus crinitus 2
Progne subis 4
[[underline]] Aug 17 [[/underline]]
Melanerpes erythrocephalus 1
Bartramia longicauda 1
Curlew 10
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[[underline]] Wichita Falls [[/underline]] Aug. 16
Populus monilifera com
Cedar Elm " [[Ditto for: com]]
Celtis " [[Ditto for: com]]
Prosopis juliflora " [[Ditto for: com]]
China tree
([[Argentacoides?]]) " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cornus asperifolia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Opuntia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Rhus toxicodendron " [[Ditto for: com]]
Fraxinus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Helianthus annuus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cucurbita perennis
Honeysuckle vine in yd.
Meliar tree in yd.
Yucca angustifolia in yd.
Pecan. 1 tree
Echinocactus pollycephalus
Melia azedirach
Aug. 17
Left Wichita Falls at 3:30
Station
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Lyssium abn
Neotoma houses, 8, 9, 12,
Mesquite. abn.
P.D.s abn. all along -
[[underline]] Holladay, little town on plain [[/underline]]
Whis[[image - of key]] is the Road to Ruin [[image]]
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Red soil, clay - flat -
Lepus sylvaticus run into P.D. hole 6, 9 seen
Speotyto 2
[[underline]] Dundee [[/underline]] Station, hotel, store.
Lepus texianus 1
No P.D. holes in corn, some in stubble fields.
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[[underline]] Seymour [[/underline]] Aug. 18.
Prosopis abn.
Cedar Elm
Celtis
Xanthoxylum
Lyssium
Phoradendron flavescens on Celtis.
Solarunum rastratum abn
Datura
Argemone
Mentzelia
Catalpa in yards
Tecoma radicans " [[Ditto for: in yards]]
Agave " [[Ditto for: in yards]]
Honeysuckle vines " [[Ditto for: in yards]]
Helianthus annuus com.
Cucurbity perennis " [[Ditto for: com]]
Opuntia
Mammalaria
[[underline]] Wichita Falls Aug 18 [[/underline]]
1st In P.D. hole 13 mm bi. S.
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P.D. on string 3 M. in hole
2nd 10 mm bisulphids 8 minutes dead, hole 90 x 100.
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[[underlined]] 3d [[/underlined]] P.D. on string in hole 2500 mm hole 115 x 125 10 mm. bisulphide. 5 minutes
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Aug. 20 8
Skunk in hole length of trap chain, poured in 17 mm of carton in 5 m [[stups?]] but heart beating. put it back for 8 m more with 3 mm of carbon. still show life. put back & left with 8 mm more bisulphide.
Not dead 3 hr. later
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P.D. in hole about 10 feet poured in 10 mm of biS. in 5 minutes apparently dead but broke strings & could not pull it out
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[[underline]] Aug. 20 [[/underline]]
P.D. In hole 1300 mm
Hole 95 x 100 mm
Dead in 6 minutes
10 mm bisulphids
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P.D. in hole 14 inches in trap. put in about 6 mm bisulphide took it out in 5 mintues, heart beating carried it home came too partly so it could crawl about but in 4 hours died at holet.
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[[underline]] Aug 29 [[/underline]] Woodward, O.T.
Geomys in hole 2300 M.
Poured in 10 mm bisulphide from [[baths?]] 226 is cis., In 6 minutes taken out. & not quite dead. Revived
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Aug 30. Woodward
Geomys in hole 1.200 AM
Carbon 8 x 226 mm
In 6 minutes not dead. put back & in 3 minutes more dead
Woodward. O. T. Aug. 30.
Geomys in hole 3,000 M.
12 by 226 mm carbon
In 10 minutes not affected dug out. hole forked. dirt packed behind him.
Hole 50 [[inc?]] in dia. Geomys im.
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Kiowa, Kan. Aug. 31.
Geomys in hole 4 inch;
8 by 226 carbon
In 6 minutes not dead & soon revived.
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[[underline]] Aug. 20 [[/underline]]
Left [[underline]] Wichita Falls [[/underline]] 3 P.M.
Along river valley
[[underline]] Iowa Parks [[/underline]]
P.Ds all along.
Mesquits & same plants as at Wichita Falls. Red soil, hard
[[underline]] Beaver [[/underline]]
More open prairie
Nothing but short grass
S. 13 [[lineatus?]], 1
[[underline]] Harold [[/underline]]
small mesquits & Lyssium
Geomys hills, at D. 653 mi
[[underline]] Oklahoma [[/underline]] D 650 mi -
Sandy prairie
Geomys common
[[underline]] Vernon [[/underline]] D. 640
Crossed wide, flat river
Mesquit abn.
Lyssium " [[Ditto for: abn]]
Yucca angustifolia abn.
P.D. & Geomys com -
[[underline]] Wheatland ? [[/underline]] D. 633 mi.
Left Mesquit covered flats & climbed onto grassy prairie
Lepus s.(pallidas) com
Little Tetradymia ? com.
[[underline]] Chillicothe[[/underline]] D.b 626
More Mesquite.
4 Buttes S.W.
[[underline]] Quanah [[/underline]] D. 672
More clay, no Geomys.
[[underline]] Gypsum [[/underline]] Denver 604
[[underline]] Kirkland [[/underline]] D. 593 mi
Clay
[[underline]] Childress [[/underline]] supper, 582
Geomys hills, a few.
[[underline]] Carey [[/underline]] (board) D. 577
Artemisia, few
River
Artemisia & Mesquit
both com
Dark
[[underline]] Memphis [[/underline]]
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[[underline]] Aug. 21 Clarendon [[/underline]]
Falco sparverius 1
Lanius 1
Otocoris com
Sturnella 1
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Lepus sylvaticus 1
" [[Ditto for: Lepus]] texianus 2
Spermophilus holes com
Cyromys, a few -
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Artemisia com
Tetradymia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Chorizantha " [[Ditto for: com]]
Prosopis com
Acacia ? " [[Ditto for: com]]
Mimosoa " [[Ditto for: com]]
Yucca augustifolia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Opuntia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Alt. 3538
[[underline]] Washburn. Aug. 22 [[/underline]]
Sturnella [[overwritten]] 1 [[/overwritten]] com
Otocosis abn
Bartramia longcauda com
Aegialitis montaims 1
Shiza americana 1
[[underline]] Aug. 23 [[/underline]]
Lanius com
Cathartes aura 1
[[underline]] Aug. 24 [[/underline]]
Calenospiza bicolor 12
Falco sparverius 1 at Cañon
Zenaidura 1
Speotyto com.
Salpinctus .com. at Cañon
Molothrus
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[[underline]] Washburn Texas. [[/underline]]
Yucca augustifolia, com
Opuntia " [[Ditto for: com]]
Mammilaria " [[Ditto for: com]]
Prosopis 2 little bushes.
Psoralea tenuiflora. com
Euphorbia " [[Ditto for: com]]
[[underline]] At Cañon [[/underline]]
Celtis
Prosopis
Juniperus
Populus monalifera
China berry tree
Ptelia trifolata
Lyssium
Quercus
Opuntia engelmanni
" [[Ditto for: Opuntia]] arborescens
" [[Ditto for: Opuntia]] tessilata
Mammilaria
Cereus
Atriplex canescens
Rhus aromatica
" [[Ditto for: Rhus]]
(microfolia)
Yucca augustifolia
[[Circocartens?]]
[[underline]] Aug. 25. Panhandle [[/underline]]
Same as Washburn -
[[underline]] Aug [[/underline]] 26.
Left Panhandle at 4:50
At [[underline]] Coddington [[/underline]] the country breaks down, streams, hills.
Artemisia filifolia
[[underline]] Miami [[/underline]]
Sandy bottom
Geomys hills
Cottonwoods
Willows
Cedar Elm
[[underline]] Canadian [[/underline]] Aug. 26.
Geomys hills, 8 fresh in one night, 30 feet along in line. Squared up measure 8 x 10 x 4 1/2 in. average hill 80 4 1/2 ------ 320 12 ) 236 2/3 )1911 40 8 ------ 360 8 ------ 2840
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[[underline]] Canadian Aug 26 [[/underline]]
Zenaidura macroura com
Cothartes aura com
Aegialites vocifera " [[Ditto for: com]]
Colinus 1
Melanerpes erythrocephales " [[Ditto for: 1]]
Falco sparverius " [[Ditto for: 1]]
Geococcyx, 1 killed, tracks
Cyanocitta cristata , com.
Milvulus forficatus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Chelidon erythrogaster " [[Ditto for: com]]
Mimus pollyglottis, com
Circus a hudsonius 1 [[female symbol]]
Buteo swainsoni 1
Ammodramus 1
Sturnella neglecta com
Chondestes com
Otocoris " [[Ditto for: com]]
Chordiles " [[Ditto for: com]]
Icterus 2
[[underline]] Canadian [[/underline]] Aug. 26
Populus monolifera
Vitis
Rhus
Cornus asperifolia
Yucca angustifolia
Artemisia filifolia abn
Chorizanthe
Solanum rostratum com
Opuntia engelmanii " [[Ditto for: com]]
Euphorbia 3 species
Cedar Elm
Ipomea (megalorhiza)
Cephalanthus
Prunus gracilis
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Perodipus com
Geomys com
Lepus [[texainus?]] com
" [[Ditto for: Lepus]] sylvaticus com
" [[Ditto for: Lepus]] ([[pallidus?]]) 1
Cynomys abn
Canis tracks
Spilogale 1
Procyon
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[[underline]] Aug 29 [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Canadian [[/underline]] 9:10 A.M.
Cross river
Sandy, good grass hilly
Geomys hills com
[[underline]] Glazies [[/underline]] no station.
Pinnated Grouse, 3 flocks
Amorphia canescens com
Astragalus (black pods)
Coreopsis tinctoria
Psoralea tenuiflora com
Erriogonum 2
Ipomea (megalorhyza)
Ipomesa leptophylla com
[[underline]] Higgins [[/underline]] a little town
Smoother, clay & lime rock.
Artemisia scarcer -
Geomys still common
[[underline]] small stream [[/underline]]
Sandy again & lots of Artemisia
[[underline]] Shattuck [[/underline]]
[[Appyllon?]] -
Asclepias verticillata com
Baptisia com
[[underline]] Gage [[/underline]]
[[underline]] Woodward [[/underline]]
[[underlined]] Woodward [[/underlined]] Aug. 29
Zenaidura, lower
Aegialitis vocifera, 2
Chartes aura, com
Speotyto com
Falco sparverius 1
Xanthocephalus icterocephalaes
2 in flock of
Molothrus ater.
Sturnella neglecta
Milvulus said to [[?]] com
Geococcyx, a few & are now common near Huron
Chondestes com.
Calamospiza 2
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[[underlined]] Woodward [[/underlined]], Aug. 29
Artemisia filifolia
Solidago
Erigeron
Oxytropis
Euphorbia
Cottonwood
Celtis
Rhus aromatica
Prunus
Vitis
Cleona
[[underlined]] Woodward. Aug. [[/underlined]] 30 - 12:30
[[underlined]] Aliston [[/underlined]]
[[left margin bracket]] [[underlined]] Crossed N. Fork [[/underlined]] Canadian R
Cedar Elm
Fraxinus virides [[/bracket]]
Cañons full of juniperus, Elm, Oak
Prairie rolling & sandy
Badlands of red clay as we near the
[[underlined]] Cimmaron [[/underlined]], past [[Atuckes?]]
Cimmaron val. full of Prosopis
sandy flat, [[alketei?]], big sand dunes
Elms, Cottonwood.
Walnut, ash.
Milvulus 1 at Cim. R.
[[underlined]] Wayroka [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Eagle chief [[/underlined]]
Eagle Creek
Prairie [[lurler?]]
P.Ds. numerous
Geomys com. all along
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[[underlined]] Salt Fork [[/underlined]]
Milvulus 4
[[Perodifusides?]] com -
big prairie
no Artemisia
Erigeron most characteristic plant
Kiowa, Aug. 31
Spermophilis 1, [[skin?]] [[male symbol]] Insect .80, Vegetable .20
Grasshoppers, a lot of little blackbeetles, a striped beetle, 3 worms all different
Chewed grain probably beans:
[[underlined]] Kiowa, Kansas. [[/underlined]] Aug. 31.
Zenaidura com.
Aegialites " [[Ditto for: com]]
Cathartes aura " [[Ditto for: com]]
Pinnated Grouse, some.
Falco sparverius
Buteo swainsoni 2
Circus hudsonius 2
Speotyto com
[[Milonlus?]] 1 yesterday
Sturnella neglecta com
Ictereus
Lanius
Passer domestica, a few.
Chordestes 4
Night Hawks
Calomospiza 1
Colinus 1 flock
Cyanocitta cristata 1
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[[underlined]] Kiowa, Aug. 31. [[/underlined]]
Euphorbia com.
Solanum rostratum " [[Ditto for: com]]
Helianthus annuus " [[Ditto for: com]]
Psoralia tenuiflora " [[Ditto for: com]]
Salidago
Erigeron
Baptisia , scarce
Oxitropis lamberti, a little.
Yucca angustifolia, scarce.
Opuntia engelmani " [[Ditto for: scarce]]
Catalpa, com.
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[[underlined]] Kiowa, Kansas Sep. 1 - [[/underlined]]
Left at 1:10 P.M.
Crossed Salt Fork.
[[Perodipusbales?]] common
Solid fields, good crops, good homes good towns.
[[underlined]] Hazelton [[/underlined]]
Ardea herodias 1
Amorphia canescens, com
Not seen between Woodward & Kiowa, some between Canadian & Woodward -
Oxitropis lamberti, a little
[[underlined]] Anthony [[/underlined]], salt works
Amorphia canescens becomes abundant.
[[underlined]] Freeport [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Conway Sprs [[/underlined]]
Zinaidura in flocks of thousands
[[underlined]] Oatville [[/underlined]]
Flats
Geomys abundant from Kiowan to Conway, from there to Wichita none.
Sep. 2. 92
[[underlined]] Osawatowmi. [[/underlined]] daylight.
No Geomys hills seen from here to Kansas City.
[[underlined]] Kansas City [[/underlined]] 7:25 to 10.
[[underlined]] Holden [[/underlined]]
Geomys hills, a few
[[underlined]] Warrensburg [[/underlined]]
Geomys hills, a few -
Tumuli
[[underlined]] St. Louis 9:45 P.M. [[/underlined]]
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[[underlined]] Sep. 4 [[/underlined]]
Left St. Louis at 7:55 P.M.
[[underlined]] Sep. 5 [[/underlined]]
Daylight
[[underlined]] Shelbyville [[/underlined]]
Sweet gum a few
Beech
Persimon
Sasfras
Sycamore
Ash
Elm
Hickory
Oaks
Flat country soil white
Hilly near the
[[underlined]] Ohio River [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] Cincinnati [[/underlined]] 7:45
Follow Ohio R.
Bluffy, land poor,
washed clay
corn & tobacco small
[[underlined]] Stone City [[/underlined]]
Sweet gum in valley
Pine on hills
land poor, clay
[[underlined]] Huntington. [[/underlined]] Dinner.
Left Ohio R. climbing up a small river
very hilly
[[underlined]] Kanawha Falls [[/underlined]]
Up a little river full of rapids, high, rocky ridges covered with pine & scrub timber. Sweet gum by river.
[[underlined]] White Sulphur [[/underlined]] dark
Stopped at White Sulphur.
[[underlined]] Sep. 5 [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] White Sulphur [[/underlined]] - 5:10 A.M.
crossed divide
mountains hardly better than Ozarks
Ridges 1500 ft to 2500 ft.
few rocky cliffs, clay.
Rocks mostly shale & stratified; some sand [[clay?]]
Frest scrubby & much burned.
Pines, Quercus alba, rubra, muehlenbergi, Tulip tree
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Persimmon, Sycamore, Alder, Robinia, Salix, Juglans, [[Caryica?]], Chestnut, Juniper, Hemlock.
Clear rapid streams with rock beds & banks.
Gorges, no valleys.
Little patches of land cultivated. Little towns, few houses between.
[[underlined]] Staunton [[/underlined]] quite a town.
Foothills, some valley land & farms -
Crops poor, people too.
Very pretty hill & valley scenery.
[[underlined]] Ropidan [[/underlined] a little town in rolling valley.
Along blueridge to N.E.
[[underlined]] Culpepper [[/underlined]] village
A gently rolling country with fields, pastures & groves & farm houses.
[[underlined]] Remington [[/underlined]] village
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[[image - pencil drawing of coon tracks]]
[[underlined]] coon track [[/underlined]]
Aug. 26, 1892
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[[image - pencil sketch of an animal]]
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[[image - pencil drawing of prairie dog]]
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Lepus sylvaticus. Aug. 2.
35 x 40 x 99 [[male symbol]] ad.
Garden Plain.
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P.D. [[male symbol]]. 360 x 88 x 61, skeleton
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Perognathus paradoxus [[female symbol]]. juv. 130 x 64 x 21 Aug. 2.
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Spermoph. [[l Zlineatus?]] [[female symbol]], Aug. 2 263 x 97 x 36 skeletonized
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Sciuropterus [[male symbol]] ad. 245 x 102 x 33 Oklahoma City, Aug. 6 92
Greek Alphabet Sounded
α. alpha. ă
β. beta. b
γ. gamma. g
δ. delta. d
ε. epsilon ĕ as in [[underlined]] sterile [[/underlined]]
ζ. zeta. z
η. eta. ā as in our [[underlined]] alphabet [[/underlined]]
θ. theta. th.
ι. iota. i as in [[underlined]] sterile [[/underlined]]
κ. kappa. C.K.
λ. lambda. l.
μ. mu. m.
ν. nu n.
ξ. xi. x.
ο. omicron ŏ as in [[underlined]] not [[/underlined]]
π. pi p
ρ. rho r sometimes has [[superscript]] c [[/superscript]] = h
σ ς. sigma S.
τ tau. t.
υ upsilon u. y. as in [[underlined]] crude [[/underlined]]
φ phi. ph
χ chi. ch hard, not soft
ψ psi. ps.
ω omega ō. as in our [[underlined]] alphabet
[[superscript]] c [[/superscript]] (comma) signifies "h", or rough breathing. {‘‛︢ accents}
Cedarvale, Kan. July 20
Passum [[male symbol]] im. 640 x 295 x 60
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Possum [[female symbol]] im. 565 x 243 x 54
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Job Davis, Belle [[Place?]]
McDermit
D. H. Anderson, Belle Plaine
Glass, Winfield
A. C. Brown
P.Ds, near Clearwater, Kansas
22 mi. N.W. of Belle Plaine.
Spilogale 475 x 195 x 50 [[female symbol]]
I2 1/1, A. 2/2, P. 2/2
Spilogale 370 x 140 x 45 [[male symbol]] im.
Lepus [[male symbol]] 570 x 85 x 133
[[strikethrough]] 7.00 [[/strikethrough]]
" [[Ditto for: Lepus]] [[female symbol]] 600 x 95 x 128
[[strikethrough]] 1.25 [[/strikethrough]]
Spilogale, [[female symbol]] 470 x 145 x 95 [[female symbol]]
I 1/1, A 2/2, P 3/3
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P.D. [[male symbol]] 360 x 88 x 61 skeleton
Aug. 2 Garden Plain
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1.71 .85
[[line]]
.81
[[Two columns of figures]]
[[First column]]
[[underlined]] Personal [[/underlined]] .40
5.15 .90 .15 .10 .40
[[line indicating addition]]
7.10
[[underlined]] Aug. [[/underlined]] .10 .40
5.30
1.10
1.00 .40 .25 .50 .40 .40
[[line indicating addition]]
7.85
[[/first column]]
[[second column]]
[[underlined]] Official [[/underlined]]
3.65
2.50
1.70 .20
5.56
1.35
3.35
[[line indicating addition]]
18.31
[[underlined]] Aug. [[/underlined]]
5.45
4.05
6.25
5.50
2.75
4.00
4.35
4.85
3.10
7.30
2.10
2.75
7.60
4.90
5.50
4.75
[[line indicating addition]]
75.20
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