THE  SUMMER  BIRDS 
OF    THE    ADIEOJ^DAOKS   IN   FEANKLIK    OOU:N^TY,    N.   Y. 
By  THEODORE  ROOSEVELT,  Jr.,  and  H.  D.  MINOT. 
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. 
Thkodoee  Roosevelt,  Jr. 
The  general  features  of  the  Adirondacks,  in  those  parts  which  we  have 
examined,  are  the  many  lakes,  the  absence  of  mo^n^te^■?^-brooks,  the  luxu- 
riant forest-growth  (the  taller  deciduous  trees  often  reaching  the  height 
of  a  hundred  feet,  and  the  White  Pines  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  "AUeghanian"  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  (Linnajus).      Moderately  common. 
Sometimes  found  in  the  woods. 
2.  Hermit  Thrusli.     Turdus  Fallasi  (Cabaiiis).    Common.    Sings 
until  the  middle  of  August  (R.). 
3.  Swainson's  Thrush..     Turdus  Sivainsoni  (Cabanis).     The  com- 
monest thrush. 
4.  Cat-toird.     Mimus  Carolinensis  (Linnajus).    Observed  beyond  the 
mountains  to  the  northward,  near  Malone. 
5.  Blue  Bird.     Sialia  sialis  (Linnaeus).     Common  near  Malone. 
6.  Golden-crowned  "Wren."   Begulus  satrapa(jA<±iQXi.).  Quite 
common;  often  heard  singing  in  June. 
7.  Chickadee.      Parus  atricapillus  (Linnasus).     Rather  scarce  in 
June.     Abundant  in  August  (R.). 
8.  Hudsonian  Chickadee.     Parus  Hudsonims  (Forster).     Eound 
in  small  flocks  at  Bay  Pond  in  the  early  part  of  August  (R.). 
9.  Red-bellied  Nuthatch.    Sitta  Canude^isisi'Linnieus).   Common. 
The  White-bellied  Nuthatch  has  not  been  observed  here  by  us. 
10.  Brown  Creeper.     Certhia  familiaris  (Linneeus).     Common. 
11.  Winter  Wren.  Troglodytes  hyemalis  (Vieillot).  Moderately 
commou. 
