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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from University of Toronto http://www.archive.org/details/ssmfaunalinvestiOOsnyd w) ny Hy N oD oe Ns 7 ne ae ee fay f a6 .: A ve ty un ee a , ‘ - . ‘ & - a & , ad > * § ‘ ’ ¥ . e CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ow ” ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY n : vo: . ree ae No. 21: A FAUNAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SAULT STE. _ MARIE REGION, ONTARIO. By L. L. Snyper, E. B. S. LoGier - anv T. B. Kurata , Reprinted from Trans. Roy. Can. Inst. Vol. XXIV, Part 1, 1942 t “bia 1942 A FAUNAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE | REGION, ONTARIG GENERAL INTRODUCTION Continuing the Museum’s programme of surveys of faunally un- known, or inadequately known, areas in Ontario, field work in the Sault Ste. Marie region was accomplished during the summer of 1931. The area investigated lies along the southern border of Algoma District which occupies a central position in our irregularly-shaped province. More exactly, the information presented in the following reports concerns a belt approximately ten miles wide, extending along the North Channel of Lake Huron and the drainage of Lake Superior, starting at Thessalon on the east and thence west and north to Goulais Bay on Lake Superior and including St. Joseph Island and the small Canadian Islands in the St. Joseph Channel (see map). The Museum’s field party at the outset consisted of Messrs. J. Edmonds, E. B. S. Logier, D. A. MacLulich, T. M. Shortt and the writer. We reached the region on June 1, 1931, and after a trial-and- error procedure finally established a headquarters camp in a vacant farmhouse near the St. Joseph Channel and the post-office of MacLennan. Collecting was carried on most extensively within walking distance of this camp but we reconnoitred the larger area, as outlined above, by automobile. On July 3, we were joined by Mr. J. L. Baillie and on July 7, Prof. A. F. Coventry arrived. Work was concluded by the end of July. DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA Since this region has received attention from geologists, foresters, etc., there is a considerable literature to which the reader can be referred but a brief descriptive sketch is given here to serve as a background for the presentation of our zoological findings. The area presents certain conspicuous physical features to the visitor who travels through it. Next to the coast of the Great Lakes water system (in detail, the borders of the North Channel of Lake Huron, Lake George, Little Lake George and also the St. Mary River) one travels a somewhat irregular and winding plain. The Great Lakes water level is here about 580 feet above the sea and the plain is not much higher (Thessalon, 656; Des- barats, 595; Sault Ste. Marie, 634). In places the plain narrows some- what and again it broadens out into a vista of fields or woodland. Occasionally a ridge of rock is crossed, or an island-like prominence is 99 100 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE observed to stand out above the flatland. These prominences are projections from, or outliers of, the hard-rock hills which rise up above the plain to the north. To the east, largely outside our area, this forma- tion comes down to, and forms, the coast. These physical features are seen at a glance because of changes wrought by man. On the plain is a superficial deposit of soil—boulder clay, stratified lake clays and sand—some suited to agriculture ; conse- quently much of the forest has been removed and farms established. These soils are largely glacial deposits, in part levelled by glacial Lake Algonquin and by its successor the Nipissing Great Lakes stage which left its mark in the form of terraces and beaches (Coleman, 1922). Basically the plain is underlain by Palaeozoic rocks—sandstones, shale and conglomerate (Collins, 1925) with an occasional outcropping of Bruce limestone—but the high border of the area (1,000 to 1,350 above the sea, 25 miles inland) and extending far to the north is the Pre- cambrian Shield. If one travels inland he finds that numerous depressions in these hard rocks are filled with glacial drift, or that they serve as catchment basins for numerous rock-rimmed lakes. North of Sault Ste. Marie and extending westward, south of Goulais Bay, a bold granite ridge comes to the very shore of Lake Superior and its tip in the mariners’ guide, Gros Cap. FOREST This region was once heavily forested. Inland on the Canadian shield white pine probably dominated and on the clay soils of the plain, spruce, balsam and hardwood. Merchantable timber has been largely removed since 1870. Second growth stands of the types mentioned now exist but the scars of axe and fire can be seen throughout the area, even against the inland horizon. The largest remaining area of old forest is to be found in the Echo River valley on the Indian Reserve. Reference to a generalized account of Ontario’s forest resources by Sharpe and Brodie (1931) should be made in connection with a con- sideration of the forest of the Sault Ste. Marie area. (During our field- work casual attention was given to plant life but we were primarily concerned with animal life.) These authors regard the forest of the region as an extension of the Ottawa—Huron forest situated to the east and south. They point out that though there is similarity of species of trees certain differences are apparent. Beech and basswood are absent, or nearly so, in this region, while jack pine is present, thus making a conspicuous difference between the Algoma extension and the Ottawa—Huron forest proper. But in general these forests are similar, HOOTLNOS ® N3AVH s pussy xoy OB0sTIW NAT3DOF> ydasop 2g yore voz'H NOTUSS3HL 7Puy, o saNniw 32n¥e SQidv¥ 374117 Sivavesaq omit UNVE IVOAD 7Q NWNN2 NYOIHDIW MOP IIED T “T 1222429770 SZO4L 29Sa¢ RR TJ vop405 AZVIVA NVATAS * JS 88 OND : A ON < A k sew AIVW 31S Linws 5 al x 7 2 et yan Naawwyel xc IAVISIY NYIONT u? The INV1 INYIS! 3naai13a ee ’ s1D)n0% aor Ava siv7no» y sivana19 2 YOrInzadNS OIMVWLNO LNOWHDYWIS 4 keg PUPMPYrI09 102 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE “from the valleys to ridge-tops there is the same domination of conifers in the lower levels and of the tolerant hardwoods on the ridges’’. In more detail, ‘‘in depressions and on the flat lands bordering streams are pure coniferous stands of spruce, mostly black. In well-drained valleys and on the lower slopes is a mixed coniferous stand, composed of white spruce and balsam, with a representation of black spruce, cedar, white pine and white birch. Farther up the slope the hardwood content increases by the occurrence of yellow birch, and a mixed hard- wood-softwood stand of white and yellow birch, white spruce, balsam and the occasional white pine extends to the margin of the pure hard maple stands on the upper slopes and ridges.’’ This quotation will suffice to characterize broadly the forest of the area, although we would like to add that hemlock occurs in certain better-drained areas and in some situations it is dominant. The discovery of a few plants by our field party seem worthy of mention: Along the St. Joseph Channel on rock terrain, Common Juniper (Juniperus communis var. depressa) was established; at Gros Cap we identified the Salmon Berry (Rubus parviflorus); and in hardwood stands near Maclennan, Basswood (T2lia americana), Ironwood (Ostrya virginiana) and Beech (Fagus grandifolia) were recorded, the latter on a single specimen. For further botanical details the reader is referred to a recent study (Hosie, 1938) of the vegetation of the Batchawana Bay region which lies a few miles north of the area surveyed by us. Although the Sault Ste. Marie region has been altered extensively by man, we found con- ditions similar to those described by Hosie in his comprehensive and important report. We should add to our brief description of the Sault Ste. Marie region some comment on industry, settlements and transportation develop- ments. Sault Ste. Marie, a community with a long and interesting history (since 1615), is a modern city with a population of 23,082 (in 1931). It is the site of an important canal past the rapids of the St. Mary River through which passed in 1931, 2,219,567 tons of interlake freight and 20,626 passengers on a total of 3,094 Canadian and United States vessels. The principal industries of the area are steel works and the making of pulp and paper. Agriculture is of local importance only. No other large settlements are found in this region. Of the villages and towns, Thessalon is the largest with a population of 1,632. The Canadian Pacific Railway traverses the area from the east (Sudbury) to Sault Ste. Marie and the Algoma Central Railway termin- ates there from the north. Also a good motor highway roughly parallels these railways within the area and many roads and trails serve the Correction: Trans. Roy.. Can. Inst. Vol. XXIV, Part 1, p. 103. CLIMATE Some indication of the climate of the region is given by the following statistics for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan as extracted from Hosie (loc. cit.).. February is the coldest month with an average temperature (over 20 years) of 12°F. and a minimum average of 2°F. July is the hottest month of the year and has an average temperature of 63.5°F., a maximum average of 74°F. and a minimum average of 53°F. The average date of the last killing frost in spring is May 15 (U.S. side of the St. Mary’s River) and the latest killing frost recorded in 33 years is May 29. The first killing frost in the autumn averages September 28 with the earliest on September 5. The above gives an average growing season of 136 days. The annual precipitation at Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) is 23.58 inches of rain and 97.8 inches of snow, giving a total precipitation of 33.36 inches falling largely inthe growing season. FAUNAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE REGION 103 farmland and even penetrate parts of the rugged rock country to the north. CLIMATE Some indication of the climate of the region is given by the following statistics for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, as extracted from Hosie (loc. cit.). February is the coldest month with an average temperature (over 20 years) of 12°F. and a minimum average of 53°F. The average date of the last killing frost in spring is May 15 (U.S. side of the St. Mary’s River) and the latest killing frost recorded in 33 years is May 29. The first killing frost in the autumn averages September 28 with the earliest on September 5. The above gives an average growing season of 136 days. The annual precipitation at Sault Ste. Marie (Ontario) is 23.58 inches of rain and 97.8 inches of snow, giving a total precipitation of 33.36 inches falling largely in the growing season. PREVIOUS NATURAL HISTORY INVESTIGATIONS Although the mammal, bird, reptile and amphibian life of the Sault Ste. Marie region had not been surveyed and these forms cata- logued previously, there are a number of reports of a limited nature in the literature. Those which pertain to the subject matter covered by each of the following papers will be cited therein. There is at least one publication which concerns the natural history of the general region but it does not treat of our area extensively. We refer to an early account by L. A. Agassiz (1850) which describes the physical character, vegetation and animal life of the Lake Superior region generally. Specific reference to the Sault Ste. Marie region is to be found therein. Three other papers report entirely, or principally, on animals other than those with which we are dealing. Two are entomological papers which report on forms found in the vicinity of Sault Ste. Marie. The first (Preece, 1924a) concerns sphinx moths; the second (Preece, 1924b) records certain red-underwing moths. The third is that of Williamson (1907) who presented the results of a collecting trip near Sault Ste. Marie. This paper deals with plants, bivalves, crayfishes, reptiles and batrachi- ans, and several groups of insects. The following citations deal with birds found in the Sault Ste. Marie Region, Ontario, during seasons other than summer and consequently will not be referred to in the bird report: Preece (1923) records a male Cardinal taken near the Goulais Bay—Bellevue Road on November 7, 1923; and Beebe (1933) points out the influence of the upper Great Lakes in concentrating bird migrants in the general region with which 104 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE we are concerned. There are of course numerous faunal notes and papers dealing with localities in peninsular Michigan. Most of these will not be cited in the following papers. L. Ls. LITERATURE CITED Acassiz, Louis. 1950. Lake Superior: its physical character, vegetation, and animals, compared with those of other and similar regions. Boston. BEEBE, RALPH. 1933. Influence of the Great Lakes on the migration of birds. Wilson Bull., 45: 118-121. CoLEeMAN, A. P. 1922. Glacial and post-glacial lakes in Ontario. University of Toronto Studies, Biol. Ser., 21. CoLitins, W. H. 1925. North shore of Lake Huron. Geo. Sur. Can., Memoir 143. Hosig, R. C., et al. 1938. Botanical investigations in Batchawana Bay region, Lake Superior (with a catalogue of the vascular plants by T. M. C. Taylor and a study of the mammal population by C. H. D. Clarke). Nat. Mus. Can. Bull. 88. Preece, W. H. A. 1923. Cardinalis cardinalis cardinalis, The cardinal, taken near Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Can. Field-Nat., 37: 169. PREECE, W. H. A. 1924a. Notes on the Sphingidae of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Can. Field-Nat., 38: 132. PREECE, W. H. A. 1924b. Notes on the Catocalinae of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Can. Field-Nat., 38: 170-71. SHARPE, J. F. and J. A. BropiE. 1931. The forest resources of Ontario. Dept. of Lands and Forests, Ont. For. Br. WILLIAMSON, E. B. 1907. A collecting trip north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. The Ohio Nat., 7: 129-148. FAUNAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE REGION 105 MAMMALS OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE REGION By L. L. SNYDER The major portion of our mammal survey, accomplished during the summer of 1931, was conducted by Mr. D. A. MacLulich to whom the Museum’s thanks are due. The work was furthered, however, by the valued co-operation of Prof. A. F. Coventry who joined the party on July 7 and remained until the 27th. Our appreciation is here extended to him. In addition co-operation and reciprocal procedure in the field among all members of our party produced considerable data and speci- mens and therefore thanks are due to Messrs. Baillie, Edmonds, Logier and Shortt. Even Mrs. McSorley, who so ably served as cook, should be acknowledged as the only mammal trapper present who could outwit and produce the remains of a particularly smart Rattus norvegicus which frequented our camp site. Although we felt chagrin, the situation was understandable when the fact was divulged that she had used a sample of her culinary art as a lure. The following annotated list records the occurrence, past and present, of thirty-eight species of mammals within the area surveyed. Twenty- two species listed are substantiated by one or more collected specimens each. No attempt was made to ascertain the relative density of small mammal populations in the various habitats. Trap lines were set in promising situations irrespective of prevailing weather with the simple purpose of producing a catch. Record of 3,900 trap-nights produced approximately a 51% per cent catch, which conveys a rough idea of the prevalence of small mammals in the region during the summer of 1931. The total number of mammal specimens preserved was 276. The arrangement of the following list is that of Simpson (1931) down to Families. Miller (1924) has been followed within each Family. No final opinion has been presented on the racial identity of the specimens collected. Certain average measurements which may be of use in comparative inquiries have been noted. These are in millimetres and grammes. If measurements of males and females have indicated no significant difference between them, they have been averaged together. The symbols used are as follows: L=total length; T=tail length, not including the hair; H.F. =length of hind foot, including claw; Wt. =weight. Sorex cinereus. CINEREOUS SHREW.—The summer of 1931 was not one marking great abundance of this animal but it was taken regularly throughout the summer. Most specimens were caught at night although one was taken during daytime. The majority secured was taken from 106 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE low, wet ground with an overgrowth of alder and willow. The next most frequented habitat was sphagnum-covered ground with an over- growth of black spruce or white cedar. One specimen was caught on a small sand and mud bar in a stream flowing through a dense old hardwood forest. This trap-line was one of the several set to secure Sorex palustris, a species we did not procure during the entire summer. Incidentally, we did not secure specimens of Muicrosorex hoyi either. Both of these shrews were taken by Clarke (1938) only a few miles to the north which indicates that further collecting in the Sault Ste. Marie region will probably produce these species. Only one of the five females of S. cinereus secured was pregnant. This specimen was collected on July 22; there were three embryos. The average measurements of the seventeen specimens collected are: L. 100.8, T. 40.7, H.F. 11.6, and the average weight of six is 4. Sorex fumeus. SMOKY SHREW.—Throughout the month of June and until mid-July our trap-lines did not yield the Smoky Shrew and, in 1931, we did not suspect that the range of fumeus extended into this part of Ontario. On July 16 the first specimen was taken by Professor Coventry at the foot of a talus slide just within the border of a tall, mixed stand of trees. During the remainder of July four other specimens were secured. All but one were taken either at the original site, or in a similar habitat in the same general locality. The exception, a nursing female, collected near MacLennan on July 25, was secured in a balsam stand remnant in a recently made clearing. Mt. T. M. Shortt saw the animal enter a hole in the ground beneath a brush pile, at dusk. A trap set at the entrance yielded the specimen. It is possible that the distribution of this shrew in the region is sporadic even during years when it is most numerous. The tail of a male taken on July 20 was conspicuously swollen (3 mm., greatest diameter), a condition assumed to be associated with the mating period. The average measurements of five adult specimens are: PALO. 0 0 476, eb el tae Wt tee Blarina brevicauda. MoL_EeE SHREW.—We did not capture a large number of Mole Shrews during the summer of 1931, but specimens were taken fairly regularly and the species was found to occupy a con- siderable variety of habitats. They were found in alder-willow-ash flats, alder-Scirpus shores (for which they showed a slight preference according to trapping frequency), old hardwood forests, poplar woods with white spruce undercover, and talus slopes. Moist soil, root tangles and mossy logs fulfilled the requirements for immediate cover. On FAUNAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE REGION 107 two occasions an individual was observed to be active during daytime. The average measurements of nine specimens which appear to have reached sexual maturity are: L. 120.5, T. 27.8, H.F. 15.6 and the average weight of five is 19.7. Parascalops breweri. HAIRY-TAILED MOLE.—We learned from local residents that a large mole “‘without a fringe on its nose’’ occurred in the region. Definite evidence was available in the small collection of mammals of Mr. Arthur Caron of Sault Ste. Marie, in which there is a specimen taken in Korah Township in the fall of 1930. More recently Clarke (1938) reports that as many as fifteen Hairy-tailed Moles were said to have been taken in a city garden in Sault Ste. Marie. Records of this species from contiguous areas to the south (Michigan) have not been found so it would seem that the discovery of this mole in the Sault Ste. Marie region can be regarded as a western extension of its range by more than two hundred miles. The nearest specimen record known to the writer is one in the R.O.M.Z. from Seguin Falls, Parry Sound District, Ontario. Condylura cristata. STAR-NOSED MoL_reE.—This mammal was fairly generally known to residents of the region, not for reasons of its con- spicuousness but because the curious fringe of fleshy processes about its nose impressed the observer when one was examined in detail. A specimen captured alive on June 22 in Jocelyn Township, St. Joseph Island, by Mr. Logier was secured in low, wet terrain overgrown with scrub willows bordering a small lake. When it was encased in a muslin bag and grasped in the hand one had considerable difficulty in holding it. The great strength of the fore-limbs was most impressive and also it was noticed that its hair, in effect, presented a slippery surface. At no time did the mole attempt to bite one’s hand; apparently its most dependable aid in defense was rapid burrowing, unless its acrid gland secretion served it protectively. The odour, which suggested one of vegetable origin, was noticeable while one was handling the animal. Closer inspection with the nose gave the impression that it might well be repellent to carnivors. The odour is still faintly noticeable on the specimen which has been preserved as a dry skin for ten years. Although this species apparently was not plentiful during the year of our visit, ““diggings’’ attributed to it, were occasionally noted in the field. None was captured in our trap lines though sets were frequently made in suitable situations. The specimen secured was a male, the measurements of which are as rolows Latrd Carpodacus purpureus. COMMON PURPLE Fincu.—A fairly common and generally distributed breeding bird of the region. o June 4, Laird Q July 24, Echo Bay o' June 22, Jocelyn Twp., St. Joseph Is. o' July 24, Echo Bay o June 26, Maclennan Juv. & July 27, Maclennan Q July 15, Echo Bay Spinus pinus. PINE SiskIn.—Rather scarce; met with on only four occasions during the summer of 1931. A young of the year was collected in . ’ in midsummer Juv. o& July 9, Laird 150 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN INSTITUTE Spinus tristis. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH.—A very common species noted daily throughout the summer. Three nests, all in the course of construc- tion, were all found on the same day, July 15, in three distinct localities. Q@ July 4, Laird oS July 18, Maclennan Loxia leucoptera. WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL.—Individual birds were observed twice during the summer of 1931, one on July 20 at Little Rapids and one on July 22 at Echo Bay. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. EASTERN TOWHEE.—An uncommon species which was observed on eight occasions during the summer of 1931 in widely separate areas—Gros Cap, Echo Bay, Bar River, and Maclennan. Brushy hillsides usually where mixed and hardwood forests had been recently removed were the usual habitats. July 8, Maclennan o July 18, Maclennan o& July 15, Echo Bay Passerculus sandwichensis. SAVANNAH SPARROW.—A very common breeding bird of the region, one which no doubt is much more numerous now than it was before the land was cleared. One day’s total, July 8, was sixty-five. A nest found on June 2 contained three fresh eggs anda clutch of four found on June 12 was also fresh. The series of skins collected conforms to the description of P. s. mediogriseus of Aldrich (1940). The graded variation of eastern Savan- nah Sparrows as disclosed by Aldrich and the findings of others making similar studies, point to an ultimate consideration of the clines of Huxley (1939) in taxonomy. 2 {oo} une “5-eaird 4 oc June 25, Maclennan Q June 12, Laird Juv. @ July 12, Maclennan o June 16, Maclennan Q July 20, Little Rapids o June 16, Laird Pooecetes gramineus. VESPER SPARROW.—A common. breeding species found throughout the area where fields and dry open pastures afforded suitable habitat. Although well incubated eggs were found as early as June 6, in 1931, fresh eggs were found late in the same month. One clutch which is remarkable because it consists of six eggs, was slightly incubated on July 5. This latter set is very uniform in colour and pattern. An egg in the oviduct of a female collected on July 22 is our latest nesting evidence. 20° June 4, Laird Q June 23, Maclennan Q June 6, Laird o July 4, Maclennan oo junemitie baicd Q@ July 22, Maclennan Q June 16, Maclennan Juv. 2 July 25, Maclennan ooo June 22-Jocelyn Bwps o& July 25, Maclennan St. Joseph Is. FAUNAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SAULT STE. MARIE REGION 151 Junco hyemalis. SLATE-COLOURED JUNCO.—Fairly common and ob- served regularly throughout the area. Although young out of the nest were noted as early as June 9, fresh eggs were collected on July 4. o June 5, Laird o& July 6, Maclennan Juv. & July 9, Laird Juv. & July 13, Gros Cap o June 12, Laird Juv. @ July 18, Point aux Pins Spizella passerina. CHIPPING SPARROW.—A very common breeding species. The song of the Chipping Sparrow is known to be variable, i.e. its quality may be musical or ‘‘wooden,”’ but perhaps it has not been emphasized that it can actually overlap the quality and pattern of the the song of the Clay-coloured Sparrow. The song of a male heard and collected on July 15 was dull, insect-like in quality and broken into two phrases, the second about a musical third higher than the first. In other words it was very like one song of the Clay-coloured Sparrow. A newly completed nest without eggs was found on June 5; two nests each with four fresh eggs were found on June 7. The first young out of the nest were noted on June 20. Nests with fresh eggs were found as late as July 2. o June 6, Laird o& July 8, Maclennan & June 19, Maclennan 2o¢'o July 15, Echo Bay Juv. @ June 20, Maclennan Juv 2 July 20, Little Rapids Q June 25, Maclenan o& July 22, Maclennan 2juv. 299 July 6, Maclennan Spizella pallida. CLAY-COLOURED SpARROW.—On June 26 an individual of this species was seen and heard near Laird. It was dis- covered in a clump of small balsam poplars in an open scrubby pasture and although collected, the specimen was not recovered, one of those disappointing events all too common to the collector. However, on July 20, a breeding colony of this species was found at Crates Dam near Little Rapids. imsularis-Em. Point aux Pins: July 13,2 9°¢?. SALTICIDAE Peckhamia picata H. Laird: July 3,19. Phidippus purpuratus Keys. St. Joseph Id.: June 22,19. Tutelina elegans H. Maclennan: June 18, lo. 165 Pe! 4S. 14 _ e 15. is . 16 : 17 48. a 19. Sy 20. + 21. ‘a | 5. , CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY This series contains reports of Museum studies, including faunal surveys. Except where otherwise stated the price is twenty-five cents a copy. . A Faunal Survey of the Lake Nipigon Region, Ontario, by J. R. Dymond, L. L. Snyder and E. B. S. Logier. 58 pages. . 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