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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  CAROLINIAN 
  

  

  ALLEGHANIAN 
  

  

  CANADIAN 
  

  

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  Hermit 
  thrush 
  

  

  Robin 
  

  

  Bluebird 
  

  

  THE 
  MT 
  MARCY 
  REGION 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1905, 
  beginning 
  on 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  June 
  and 
  ending 
  

   the 
  first 
  week 
  of 
  August, 
  the 
  author 
  and 
  his 
  assistants 
  undertook 
  a 
  survey 
  

   of 
  the 
  bird 
  life 
  about 
  the 
  Ausable 
  lakes 
  and 
  Mt 
  Marcy 
  slopes. 
  The 
  especial 
  

   object 
  of 
  this 
  study 
  was 
  to 
  obtain 
  an 
  exhaustive 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  birds 
  nesting 
  

   in 
  the 
  highest 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  wilderness, 
  and 
  to 
  estimate 
  as 
  

   nearly 
  as 
  possible 
  the 
  relative 
  abundance 
  of 
  each 
  species. 
  The 
  thrushes, 
  

   warblers, 
  and 
  sparrows 
  were 
  mostly 
  in 
  full 
  voice, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pairs 
  

   of 
  breeding 
  birds 
  could 
  easily 
  be 
  counted 
  while 
  passing 
  through 
  the 
  woods 
  

   or 
  along 
  the 
  trails. 
  The 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  give 
  a 
  fair 
  consideration 
  

   both 
  to 
  the 
  virgin 
  forest 
  which 
  is 
  very 
  extensive 
  in 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  Adiron- 
  

   dack 
  Forest 
  Reserve; 
  to 
  the 
  spruce 
  swamps, 
  sphagnum 
  bogs 
  and 
  extensive 
  

   slashings 
  of 
  the 
  Mclntyre 
  Iron 
  Co. 
  ; 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  clearings 
  about 
  Keene 
  Valley, 
  

   Elk 
  lake, 
  Boreas 
  River, 
  and 
  John 
  Brown's 
  grave, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  higher 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  Boreas 
  range, 
  Bartlett 
  ridge 
  and 
  the 
  high 
  peaks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Adirondacks 
  such 
  as 
  Marcy, 
  Skylight, 
  Haystack, 
  Colvin 
  and 
  Whiteface. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  virgin 
  forest, 
  birds, 
  in 
  general, 
  were 
  much 
  less 
  numerous 
  than 
  about 
  

   the 
  slashings, 
  clearings, 
  burnt 
  tracts 
  and 
  swamps. 
  A 
  few 
  species 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  

   quite 
  generally 
  distributed 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  dense 
  forest. 
  These 
  were 
  the 
  Olive- 
  

   backed 
  thrush. 
  Hermit 
  thrush, 
  Chickadee, 
  Red-bellied 
  nuthatch. 
  Brown 
  

   creeper. 
  Winter 
  wren, 
  Ovenbird, 
  Black-throated 
  green 
  warbler, 
  Black- 
  

   burnian 
  warbler, 
  Myrtle 
  warbler. 
  Black-throated 
  blue 
  warbler. 
  Red-eyed 
  

   vireo, 
  Blue 
  jay. 
  Yellow-bellied 
  sapsucker, 
  and 
  Canadian 
  ruffed 
  grouse. 
  

   But 
  even 
  these 
  species 
  were 
  more 
  numerous 
  near 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  lakes 
  or 
  

   clearings, 
  or 
  along 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  swamps 
  and 
  streams. 
  

  

  