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THE SUMMER BIRDS

OF THE ADIRONDACKS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, N. Y.

By THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Jr., AND H. D. MINOT.

The following catalogue (written in the mountains) is based upon ob-
servations made in August, 1874, August, 1875, and June 22d to July 9th,
1877, especially about the Saint Regis Lakes, Mr. Minot having been with
me, only during the last week of June. Hach of us has used his initials
in making a statement which the other has not verified.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Jr.

The general features of the Adirondacks, in those parts which we have
examined, are the many lakes, the absence of mountain-brooks, the luxu-
riant forest-growth (the taller deciduous trees often reaching the height
of a hundred feet, and the White Pines even that of a hundred and thirty),
the sandy soil, the cool, invigorating air, and both a decided wildness and
levelness of country as compared with the diversity of the White Moun-
tain region.

The avifauna is not so rich as that of the latter country, because want-
ing in certain ‘‘Alleghanian” birds found there, and also in species
belonging especially to the Eastern or North-eastern Canadian fauna.
Nests, moreover, seem to be more commonly inaccessible, and rarely
built beside roads or wood-paths, as they often are in the White Moun-

tains. M.

1. Robin. Turdus migratorius (Linneus). Moderately common.
Sometimes found in the woods.
2, Hermit Thrush. Turdus Pallasi (Cabanis). Common. Sings
until the middle of August (R.).
3. Swainson’s Thrush. Turdus Swainsoni (Cabanis). The com-
monest thrush.
A. Cat-bird. Mimus Carolinensis (Linneus). Observed beyond the
mountains to the northward, near Malone. ;
5. Blue Bird. Sialia sialis (Linneus). Common near Malone.
6. Golden-crowned “Wren.” Regulus satrapa (Lichten.). Quite
common; often heard singing in June.
7, Chickadee. Parus atricapillus (Linneus). Rather scarce in
June. Abundant in August (R.).
8. Hudsonian Chickadee. Parus Hudsonicus (Forster). Found
in small flocks at Bay Pond in the early part of August (R.).
9. Red-bellied Nuthatch. Sitta Canadensis (Linnzeus). Common.
The White-bellied Nuthatch has not been observed here by us. '
10. Brown Creeper. Certhia familiaris (Linneus). Common.
11. Winter Wren. Troglodytes hyemalis (Vieillot). Moderately
common.

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