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the Alternate-leaf Dogwood sparingly represent the Viburnums 

 and Dogwoods although the writer discovered a single plant of 

 Flowering Dogwood and the tiny Cornel known as Bunch-berry 

 is quite a typical plant of the new Park flora. Of the plants 

 growing in the Alleghany Park region 25 species of ferns, 5 club 

 mosses, 17 true mosses, 325 flowering plants and 187 species of 

 fungi were listed. It should be remembered that this list in- 

 cludes hardly any of the spring species and when these are added 

 the catalogue will be materially increased. 



Twenty-one species of fish occupy the waters of the park streams 

 proper; of these three species are trout, the Brook, Rainbow, 

 Brown. The new domain will prove a bird paradise, it is felt, for 

 102 species were listed during the first brief season of the new 

 playgrotind's existence. Two pairs of bald eagles were seen, and 

 it is highly probable that this great bird nests within the terri- 

 tory of the Park. It is also worthy of note that the Hermit 

 Thrush is the common thrush of the region. Five species of harm- 

 less snakes were taken, the Ringneck, Red Belly, Garter, Milk 

 and Water being rather common. Unfortunately the Tim- 

 ber Rattler is also a denizen of one Valley at least, a fine 

 four foot specimen having been killed in Wolf Run about the 

 middle of August. The mammals of the Park, however, made 

 Nature Study a genuine pleasure. Black bear abounds. The 

 two small caves already mentioned in this article were discovered 

 to be regular winter dens, excrement to the depth of a foot having 

 been found in each. Bear tracks were disclosed on every field 

 trip, often palpably fresh and these never failed to awaken keen 

 interest in the nature students. Deer tracks and fresh evidence 

 of browsing were also frequently seen. Fox dens were of frequent 

 occurrence in all parts of the Park. The most common larger 

 mammal that was actually seen was the Porcupine; it is thicker 

 than the proverbial Spatterdock in the Alleghany State Park, 

 and several of these grotesque animals could be seen most any 

 evening on an old hemlock bridge not far from camp, a structure 

 that they were bent on wrecking with their powerful gnawing 

 teeth. Raccoon, Woodchuck, Snowshoe Rabbit, Cottontail, 

 Skunk, Redback and Deer Mice, Red Squirrel and Chipmunk 

 as well as Little Brown and Red Bats were regular denizens of the 

 Park and numerous. Weasel and Mink were also reported but 



