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Warblers; W'hitc-win^^cdaiul Red Crossbills. White- throated Sparrow, 

 Jiinco, Rusty Blackbird, Raven, Canada Ja\', Olive sided Flycatcher, 

 Black-backed and Banded-backed Three-toed Woodpeckers. Spruce 

 Grouse, Goshawk, and Golden-eyed Duck. In addition to the above 

 it is not improbable that the liudsonian Tit and one (or both) of the 

 Kinglets will be found nesting- here. 



Mention of the characteristic Reptiles, liatrachians, and F'ishes is 

 deferred, and will be made in the chapters pertaining to these groups. 



Following is a list ot " Subarctic " species of Lepidoptera collected 

 in the immediate vicinity of Beaver Lake (also called " Fenton's," and 

 " Number 4") in Lewis County, by Mr. Hill, and identified by Prof. 

 J. A. Lintner, late State Entomologist : Agrofis Chard inyi, A. con- 

 Jlua, A. astj-icia, Plusia hhnacalata, P. ii-aurciiui, TJiaDinononia bruii- 

 iicata, Mclanippc hastata, M. Jiiidiiata, Coroiiia fcrnigaria, Cidaria 

 Packavdata. C. alboliiicata, C. ciinigcvata, C. Jicrsiliata, C. tnnicata, 

 Sparganiia niagnoliatay Oporabia cainbricaria, and Larciitia cccsiata. 

 These were all found in a single locality, and therefore probably con- 

 stitute but a small proportion of the northern Lepidoptera that occur 

 in the Adirondacks. 



Floral limitations are by no means so clearly defined as the boun- 

 daries of Faunal areas, and for the reason that plants are much more 

 easily than animals affected by minor physiographical conditions. 

 They are more susceptible to the infiuences of local topographical and 

 climatic conditions, such as altitude, huniidity, etc., and are also 

 affected by the nature of the soil, and by association with one another. 

 This is seen in the influence which certain kinds of forests exert in 

 determining the character of the more humble plants that grow in 

 their shade. For example, it is well known that the destruction of 

 an evergreen coniferous forest is commonly followed, in the course of 

 nature, by a growth of hard timber — maple, beech, and birch (all decid- 

 uous trees) usually predominating. Coincident with this change of 

 lorest is an equally radical change in the kinds of small plants that 

 spring up underneath. 



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