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COVER CHARACTERISTICS AND SHELTER REQUIREMENTS 



the fuiiHariiental character of each is distinct, there are wide l)elts around and between them 

 where they merge with and o\erIap one another. Also included in many parts of this interme- 

 diate zone, particularly along the Ontario-St. Lawrence plain and in the Mohawk-Hudson Val- 

 ley, are areas of intensively farmed agricultural land where grouse coverts are few and of low 

 quality. 



R EGION 

 Adirondack 



ffi5.:S>!i Cats KILL 



1. Connecticut Hill 



2. Pharsalia 



3. Adirondack 



{ijijjijjjjji Rest of State 4. Catskill 



FUaiRK 13. PARTS OF NEW YORK STATE MOST TYPICAL OF TIIK TllUFK MA.IOR (iROl'SK HABITAT 

 REGIONS AND THE LOCATIONS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS STUDY AREAS IN EACH 



The basic factors controlling grouse abundance, such as shelter, food, predation and disease 

 have been studied in some detail in <'a(h region*. The conclusions thus reached are there 

 directly applicable. Nevertheless most of ihem are probably valid, in the main, for other 

 sections of the Northeast where similar grouse habitats prevail. A brief description of the 

 conditions in each mav, therefore, be of more than loial interest. 



The Adiroiiihicli Rctiioii 



The granite rocks and sands that make up the Adirondacks are among the oldest to be 

 found on the North American continent. The soil is shallow, sandy and poor. The region is 



* T)ir litralionik nf ihc principal nludy arraa uaril tiy (iir Invraliliatinii arc sliown in ftKurt* l:t. With rraprrl to nciila, rcconla from 

 fl«cwlirrp in tlic Stair liiivr lii-rn rtaniiifii-il an f(»lli>WH : nil cuunlir» rnvrn-il in whole or in |>art liv llir typical portion of a re- 



cion linvr lirrn inrluilf<] iiiidrr it. rxirpt thtil thi unties of Oneiila. fferkinicr nniitli of the Mohtiuk River. an<] Snratnca have 



been ron^iilereil part of tile Heat of Stale region ; all other counties have been jilaeed in the latter region also. 



