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The preparation of this book has been facilitated by the good offices of many ornithologists. To Mr. Robert Ridgway and Dr. C. Halt Merriam I am indebted for use of the National Museum and Biological Survey collections, and to Mr. Ridgway for generous help in the study of the museum skins. I am also indebted to Mr. Ridgway for use of the proof of his forthcoming Part II. of Birds of North and Middle A merica, and to Dr. Merriam for use of the Biological Survey records. Dr. A. K. Fisher has given me kindly advice at all points and important help by a critical reading of the entire manuscript, with especial examination of distributions. From my husband, Mr. Vernon Bailey, I have had untiring advice and assistance, in addition to the preparation of the water bird descrip: tions and keys ,and a large number of biographies of both water and land birds. Mr. E. W. Nelson has generously corrected and extended the ranges of the bird in Mexico, and Mr. H. C. Oberholser has rendered much valuable critical aid, while Dr. T. S. Palmer has contributed an important chapter on bird protection. Local lists of much value to students have kindly been furnished by Mr. A. W. A nthony, Mr. Joseph Grinnell, Mr. Walter K. Fisher, Mr. William U. Kobb, and Mr. Frank Bond, to whom, as to all those who have helped in the preparation of the book, I would express ray sincere gratitude and appreciation. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text.
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Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey was born on August 8, 1863 in Locust Grove, near Leyden, New York, to Clinton Levi Merriam and Caroline Hart Merriam.
Merriam Bailey studied at Mrs. Piatt's private school in Utica, New York as a preparation for college. Beginning in 1882, she attended Smith College as a special student, for which she received a certificate rather than a degree in 1886. Her candidacy for a degree was recognized much later, and she received it in 1921. She also attended six months of lectures at Stanford University in the winter of 1893–1894.
At Smith College, Merriam Bailey developed her interest in bird life, and a series of articles she wrote for the Audubon Magazine were later collected in her first book, Birds Through an Opera Glass (1889). The first book's entertaining style, enhanced by close observation and enthusiasm for the subjects, became Merriam Bailey's hallmark.
In addition to her love of nature, Merriam was also interested in people. During the summer of 1891 she worked a month at a Chicago school for working girls, and that same winter she worked in a working girl's club in New York City. Her social service was curtailed when she contracted tuberculosis, an illness that prompted Merriam Bailey to travel west in 1893 in search of a better climate in which to recover.
Life in a small Utah town led to Merriam's My Summer in a Mormon Village (1894), a description of everyday Mormon life. From Utah, Merriam Bailey traveled to Palo Alto, California, where she attended Stanford University for six months. In the spring of 1894, she visited Twin Oaks, an area of California, to take notes on birds, and then moved on to observe in the mountains of Arizona.
Her trip west had a profound influence on her career. A Birding on a Bronco (1896), her first big western bird book, written for beginners in ornithology, became one of the first popular American bird guides. Merriam's Handbook of the Birds of the Western United States (1902) complemented Frank Chapman's Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America (1895). The handbook became a standard reference book—informative, succinct, technical, and filled with illustrations of the area's hundreds of species.
Birds of New Mexico (1928), originally intended for inclusion in a Biological Survey report, became in Merriam Bailey's hands a comprehensive book for general use. It won her the Brewster Medal of the American Ornithologist's Union in 1931—she was the first woman to be thus honored. Two years later she received an honorary LL. D. from the University of New Mexico.
Both the handbook and the New Mexico volumes contain substantial contributions by biologist Vernon Bailey, who later became the chief naturalist of the U. S. Biological Survey. Then Vernon with Merriam Bailey began a series of biological field trips to New Mexico. Over the years, each contributed to the other's books. Her New Mexico book and his Mammals of New Mexico (1931) are considered classics on western natural history.
Although Florence looked delicate, her arduous travels testified to her stamina and unflagging spirit. From one end of the country to the other, the Merriam Bailey journeyed by railroad, wagon, pack train, or on foot. Although the she remained childless, Florence aimed to transmit her love of birds to young people. The subtitle of her fourth book, Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners, suggests that she had youngsters in mind.
When the Merriam Bailey was not away on a field trip, her home in Washington, D. C. , was a gathering place for amateur and professional naturalists, young and old. Florence tirelessly promoted the Audubon Society of Washington, D. C. , which she helped to found in 1887. She also directed and taught the society's program for teachers of nature studies.
The last major work of Florence Merriam Bailey, Among the Birds in the Grand Canyon National Park (1939), was published by the National Park Service nearly ten years before her death on September 22, 1948, of myocardial degeneration. She is buried on the grounds of her childhood home in Locust Grove, New York.
The ornithologist and author of popular field guides, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey wrote numerous works for a wide range of people interested in birding.
Florence Merriam Bailey was awarded the Brewster Medal of the American Ornithologist's Union in 1931.
In addition to Bailey's books, a tribute to her work in the West lives on in a resident of the higher mountains of southern California. A form of a chickadee, Parus gambeli baileyae, was named for her in 1908.
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On December 18, 1899, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey married Vernon Bailey, Chief Field Naturalist for the United States Bureau of Biological Survey. They did not have children.
Clinton Levi Merriam was a United States Representative from New York.
Caroline Hart Merriam was the daughter of County Judge Levi Hart.
Clinton Hart Merriam was an American zoologist, mammalogist, ornithologist, entomologist, ethnographer and naturalist.
Vernon Orlando Bailey was an American naturalist who specialized in mammalogy.
