CONTENTS 



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1. Relation of Summer Birds to the Western Adirondack 



Forest Perley M. Silloway. 397 



2. Notes on the Relation of Birds to Adirondack Forest 



Vegetation Charles C. Adams. 487 



3. The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin 



County, N. Y. . . .Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and H. D. Minot. 521 

 (Reprinted; original date of publication, 1877.) 



4. Current Station Notes The Director and Editor. 525 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



Plate 30. Birds of the Adirondack Hardwood Forest. 



1, 2, Downy Woodpecker (male and female); 3, 4, Hairy Wood- 

 pecker (male and female); 5, Wood Pewee; 6, 7, Scarlet Tana- 

 ger (male and female); 8, Red-eyed Vireo; 9, 10, Black- 

 throated Blue Warbler (male- and female). Drawn by 



Edmund J. Sawyer Facing 397 



Plate 31. Birds of the Adirondack Burned Forests. 



1, Flicker; 2, Olive-backed Thrush; 3, White-throated Sparrow; 

 4, Chestnut-sided Warbler. Drawn by Edmund J. Sawyer. . 



Facing 426 

 Plate 32. Birds of the Bog Conifer Forests. 



1, Veery (Thrush) ; 2, Magnolia Warbler; 3, Lincoln Sparrow; 4, 

 Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker; 5, Myrtle Warbler. Drawn 



by Edmund J. Sawyer Facing 442 



Plate 33. Birds of the Virgin Adirondack Mixed Forest. 



1, Hermit Thrush; 2, Winter Wren; 3, Red-breasted Nuthatch; 

 4, 5, Golden-crowned Kinglet (male and female). Drawn 

 by Edmund J. Sawyer Facing 458 



FIGURES 



Figure 123. Camp site at Barber Point, Cranberry Lake. The white and 

 yellow birches here are favorite foraging grounds, during 

 July and August, for Crossbills, Goldfinches and Purple 

 Finches 405 



Figure 124. Part of Habitation Clearing, showing old log building and open 

 area, the site of an abandoned lumber camp, now a center of 

 bird activity 405 



Figure 125. A part of the Habitation Clearing, showing a dead 3^ellow birch 

 tree, a favorite haunt of Chickadees and Downy Woodpeckers. 

 The fire cherry and aspens in the background harbor many 

 birds, especially the Nashville Warbler 406 



Figure 126. The Burn, bordering Sucker Brook Inlet. Dense growth of 

 shrubs and burned trees in front; unburned forest in back- 

 ground 406 



Figure 127. The Burn, bordering a meadow. The charred dead tree trunks 

 are surrounded by a growth of young aspens, willows, low 

 shrubs and meadow grasses. The hole in the stump in center 

 of picture is the site of a House Wren's nest 409 



Figure 128. Open margin of the Burn, with nesting site of Goldfinch in small 

 birch tree. The vegetation includes fireweed, cinnamon 

 fern, scattered fire cherry and clumps of aspen 409 



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