252 ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



<< * * * The albino deer was shot by Mr. Frank Rockwell on the 

 Sacandaga road, about four miles from Stratford, and was a doe weighing 

 about 125 pounds. This beautiful little animal was all white, excepting a 

 few spots about the neck, just back of the horns, as large as a twenty-five 

 cent piece and numbering perhaps about twenty. I did not notice the 

 color of the eyes. When shot the doe seemed to be in the company of two 

 bucks, much larger. The gambrel joints of this deer seemed to have quite 

 long hair and the hair seemed to be in abundance all over the hide. In no 

 other respects could I see that it differed from our ordinary deer. * * * ' ! 



This albino was mounted and a small pair of buck horns set on the 

 head " to make it look better." It was displayed in several places in 

 Albany during the winter and attracted considerable attention as an 

 unusually handsome specimen. 



Adirondack Ettj 



More than four years have elapsed since the elk was reintroduced into 

 the Adirondack forest, and since that time the number of these animals has 

 been constantly increasing, — due partly to additional liberations and partly 

 to natural causes. On account of their wide distribution, it is no longer pos- 

 sible to estimate with accuracy their number, but they are known to be 

 increasing in every Adirondack county, and when it is considered that 

 those which were born in 1901 and 1902 are already bearing offspring, and 

 that the elk seem to suffer less from the rigors of winter than the deer, it is 

 probably safe to say that there are at least 250 roaming the north woods 

 at the present time. As showing the satisfactory increase from year to 

 year, the following table, compiled from the data given in previous reports, 

 may be of interest. 



Number of Wild Elk in the Adirondacks. 



On September 30, 1901 . 22 



On September 30, 1902 (estimated) 80 



On September 30, 1903 (estimated) , 168 



On September 30, 1904 (estimated) ...... 200 



On September 30, 1905 (estimated) 250 



