Miller.] 180 [Feb.;, 
once'or twice iiulividtuils were seen in the Alpine Garden. These 
when disturbed instantly plunged down into the Ravine. A 
thrush was seen among the scrub spruces in the Alpine Garden 
one very foggy morning, but it was impossible to identify tlie 
bird, which soon disappeared over the edge of the Ravine. One 
robin flew wildly past me near the head of Great Gulf (5,500 
feet) on the morning of July 19. We saw no other birds on the 
Summit. 
Profile Lake is situated in Franconia Notch, the altitude of 
which is about 2,000 feet. It lies in the midst of a dense forest 
of spruces, pines, and birches. The lake has its outlet toward 
the south through the brook which afterwards becomes the 
Pemigewasset River. For the first hundred yards this stream is 
rather sluggish, with low swampy banks and muddy or sandy 
bottom. Its character soon changes, however, and it becomes a 
typical mountain brook, tumbling over a bed filled with rocks. 
Franconia is four miles north of Profile Lake. Its altitude is 
about 1,000 feet. The country between these ))oints is in part 
densely wooded and partly open. The flora of the region is, 
like the avi-fauna,^ predominantly Canadian. On account of the 
shortness of our stay in this region the list of mammals is neces- 
sarily^ very incomplete. Through the kindness of the Franconia 
natural history society, I have at hand the small mammals 
belonging to the excellent local collection of the Society, 
Acknowledgment of these will be made in due order. 
The late Mr. Frank Bolles also furnished some interesting 
notes on the mammals found near Chocorua, Carroll Co., N. H. 
List of Mammals. 
1. SOREX PERSON ATUS DobsOU. 
Two adults of this small shrew were secured in the Alpine 
Garden, Mount Washhigton. 
There is a mounted specimen in the collection of the Franconia 
natural history society. 
2. SOREX PLATYRIIINIJS Dobson. 
We did not meet Avith this shrew, but I have seen a specimen 
taken by Mr. Frank Bolles at Chocorua, N. H. 
' See Faxon and Allen, Auk, v. 5, p. 149-155, April, 1888, for lists of the siiniiner 
birds of the region. 
