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The New York State College of Forestry 
tions of birds to their surroundings — of each of the two selected 
centers of observation, in connection with a list of the birds noted 
at each center, together with such characterizations and descrip- 
tions as will aid elementary bird students in identifications and a 
wider acquaintance with the birds of the region; and a chapter of 
suggestions regarding bird study applicable to these two fields of 
observation and the region in general as a part of the Palisades 
Interstate Park environment. 
Acknowledgments. In this connection I desire to acknowledge 
the assistance and courtesy I received while making these observa- 
tions: to Dr. Chas. C. Adams, of the Department of Forest Zool- 
ogy of The New York State College of Forestry, under whose 
direction the work was done; to the Commissioners of the Pali- 
sades Interstate Park, and particularly to their representative, 
Mr. Edward F. Brown, superintendent of the Camp Department, 
for every convenience and courtesy during my stay in the Park; 
and to all who contributed in making my sojourn there one of the 
most pleasureable of my field experiences. 
THE PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK AS A HOME FOR BIRDS 
How to Reach the Park. The use of tire term Palisades Inter- 
state Park in this connection may be understood to describe only 
the Bear Mountain locality 1 and the llarriman Park tract, which 
together form the largest and most compact unit of four or five 
included in the entire Palisades Park property. As a portion of 
the Palisades Interstate Park, the Bear Mountain and llarriman 
section is adjacent to the Hudson River, which constitutes the 
natural highway of approach to the Park. The logical railroad 
terminal along the Hudson is Iona Island, forty-two miles up the 
river from New York City, on the West Shore Railroad; there is, 
however, a Bear Mountain station located between Iona Island and 
Fort Montgomery. Iona Island station is about a mile from Bear 
Mountain Inn, the only hostelry in the Park (Fig. 1). Bear 
Mountain station is the regular landing-place for steamers, in then- 
daily trips up and down the river in the Park summer season, and 
thousands of excursionists thus visit the Park. The Park is also 
