CURRENT STATION NOTES 



ADIRONDACK BIRDS 



This number of the Bulletin is devoted to the birds of the western 

 Adirondack region. The modern view of the relation of birds 

 to the forest is well expressed by the quotations given on p. 520. 



That one of the earliest writings of Theodore Roosevelt was a 

 joint paper with his friend H. D. Minot, on " The Summer Birds of 

 the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N. Y.," will surprise many 

 who have not realized how much at heart Roosevelt was a wild life 

 enthusiast. The paper was written when Roosevelt was 17 years old 

 and as he states " in the mountains." In the " Bulletin of the Nuttall 

 Ornithological Club," Vol. 3, p. 36, 1878, then the leading ornitho- 

 logical publication in America, reference was made to this paper as 

 follows by Dr. J. A. Allen : " Messrs. Roosevelt and Minot have 

 published a very acceptable list of the summer birds of the Adiron- 

 dacks, embracing ninety-seven species, with short notes respecting 

 their abundance, — the first list known to us of the summer birds of 

 this ornithologically little-explored region. — J. A. A." 



In Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson's very interesting volume, 

 "My Brother Theodore Roosevelt," on pages 100-101, she refers 

 to this paper and reproduces the first page of the paper. Its rarity 

 and inaccessibility has suggested that it be reproduced exactly, with 

 the assurance that it will be heartily welcomed by many. 



ADIRONDACK WILD LIFE 



In addition to the investigations of Adirondack birds the Station 

 made a study of the status of beaver in Hamilton and Herkimer 

 Counties, the results of which were published in the preceding number 

 of the Bulletin. The demand for this report has been so great that 

 the small edition for general distribution was exhausted within three 

 months after its appearance. This study of the beaver should 

 be extended throughout the Adirondacks. It is known that the 

 beaver influences both deer and trout, and other animals of the 

 forest. Again we are reminded of the urgent need of an intensive 

 study of the deer. It is indeed surprising that an animal of so 

 much interest and importance should receive relatively slight study 

 in the Adirondacks. 



During the past summer (1922) Mr. Alexander Macdonald, Com- 

 missioner, New York State Conservation Commission, invited the 

 cooperation of the Roosevelt Station in a study of the trout of the 

 vicinity of Cranberry Lake in the Western Adirondacks. There 

 exists considerable diversity of opinion among the residents as to 



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