Notes on the Spring Migration of Birds in the Northern Adirondack, 
New York. — During the latter half of the second semester, from April 
until June, it is customary for the students of the Junior and Senior 
classes of the Cornell College of Forestry to spend their time in practi- 
cal work in the demonstration forest at Axton, in the northern Adiron- 
dacks. It was while doing work as a student under the above conditions 
that I found time to make a hasty survey of the bird population of the 
region, and to prepare a check-list covering the period from April 16 to 
June 12, 1901. 
Arriving as we did while snow still covered the ground, we found on 
hand few birds except the native winter residents, and hence were able to 
watch and note accurately the date at which the migrating birds reached 
this northern forest. Our work, too, was of a nature which took us 
daily into the woods and fields, and covered a wide range of territory, 
hence new arrivals were promptly seen and recorded. 
To the best of my knowledge no list has been published giving dates at 
which birds in their northern migration arrive in this part of the Adiron- 
dack region, so I have ventured to append the result of my observations, 
claiming for the same no special merit or absolute degree of accuracy. 
The errors, however, lie rather in sins of omission than commission, as 
no birds are mentioned in the list which were not seen and identified 
with certainty. On the other hand, it is certain that several species 
visited the region which were not recorded, owing to the fact that they 
refused to pose before the opera glass long enough to have their identity 
established. Surrounding the Forester’s camp at Axton is a clearing of 
several hundred acres, thus combining in close relation the conditions of 
open fields and dense forests, and in consequence broadening the field for 
bird study. 
The following is a condensed copy of the check-list, showing first, 
under date of April 16, the birds seen on the day of our arrival : 
April 16. Also occurring during the whole season. 
Red-winged Blackbird. Common. 
B. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. 
Ank. XIX, July, 1902, p-. Z 
