THE SUMMER BIRDS 

 OF THE ADIROJSDAOKS IN" FRATSTKLLN" COUNTY, 3ST. Y. 



ET THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Jk., and H. D. MIXOT. 



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. Each 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 Fines 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 (Linnaeus). Moderately common. 

 Sometimes found in the woods. 



2. Hermit Thrush, Tardus Pallasi (Cabanis). Common. Sings 

 until the middle of August (R.)- 



3. Swainson's Thrush. Turdus Swainsoni (Cabanis). The com- 

 monest thrush. 



4. Cat-bird. 3Iimus Carolinensis (Linnaeus). Observed beyond the 

 mountains to the northward, near Malone. 



5. Blue Bird. Sialia sialis (Linnaeus). Common near Malone. 



6. Golden-crowned " "Wren." Peyulus satrapa (Lichtcn.). Quite 

 common; often heard singing in June. 



7. Chickadee. Parus atricapillus (Linnaeus). Rather scarce in 

 June. Abundant in August (R.). 



8. Hudsonian Chickadee. Parus Hudsonims (Forster). Found 

 in small flocks at Bay Fond in the earby part of August (II.). 



9. Red-bellied Kuthatch. Sitta Canadensis (Linnaeus). Common. 

 The White-bellied Nuthatch has not been observed here by us. 



10. Brown Creeper Certhia familiaris (Linnaeus). Common. 



11. Winter Wren. Troglodytes hyemalis (Vieillot). Moderately 

 common. 



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