Review of \u3ci\u3e Texas Natural History: A Century of Change\u3c/i\u3e By David J. Schmidly

As the nineteenth century drew to a close, a team of naturalists ventured out across the state of Texas to capture, identify, and record as many species of wildlife as they could find. Under the direction of Vernon Bailey, they spent more than 2,100 days in Texas between 1889 and 1906 sampling each of the state\u27s ten ecological regions. Their efforts were part of a nation-wide survey sponsored by the Department of Agriculture. Bailey\u27s 1905 summary of the team\u27s findings, North American Fauna No. 25: Biological Survey of Texas, has served as a standard reference on Texas mammals for almost a century. Long out of print and its contents inaccessible to the general public, Bailey\u27s report now appears again in its entirety in David Schmidly\u27s Texas Natural History: A Century of Change