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I00 My Brother Theodore Roosevelt

although at that period I do not think that he was in any marked degree a leader amongst the young men of the class. He was regarded more as an all-round good sport, a fellow of high ideals from which he never swerved, and one at whom his companions, who, except Harry Minot, had not very strong literary affiliations, were always more or less surprised because of the way in which their otherwise perfectly normal comrade sank into complete oblivion when the magic pages of a book were unrolled before him.

That summer, shortly after class day, he and Harry Minot took their expedition to the Adirondacks with the following results, namely: a catalogue written in the mountains of "The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N. Y., by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and H. D. Minot." This catalogue was sent to me by Mr. John D. Sherman, Jr., of Mt. Vernon, N. Y. He tells me that it was originally published in 1877 and favorably mentioned soon after publication in the Nuttall Bulletin. Mr. Sherman thinks that the paper was "privately" published, and it was printed by Samuel E. Casino, of Salem, who, when a mere boy, started in the natural-history-book business. The catalogue shows such careful observation and such perseverance in the accumulation of data by the two young college boys that I think the first page worthy of reproduction as one of the early evidences of the careful study Theodore Roosevelt had given to the subject which always remained throughout his life one of the nearest to his heart.

His love of poetry in those days became a very living thing, and the summer following his first college year was one in which the young people of Oyster Bay turned with glad interest to the riches not only of nature but of literature as well. I find among my papers, painstakingly copied in red ink in my brother's handwriting, Swinburne's poem "The Forsaken Garden." He had sent it to me, copying it from memory when on a trip to the Maine woods. Later, on his return, we would row by moonlight to "Cooper's Bluff" (near which spot he was eventually

THE SUMEM BIRDS


OF THE- ADIRONDACKS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, N. Y. Br THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Ja., AND H. D. MINOT

The following catalogue (written in the mountains) Is based upon observations 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.

Tssonons RoossvELT,Jr.

The general features of the Adirondacks, In those parts which we have examined, are the many lakes, the absence of mountain-brooks, the luxuriant 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 Mountain region.

The avifauna is not so rich as that of the latter country, because wanting in certain "Alleghanian" 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 Mountains. M.

L Robin. Turdus mtgratorius (Linnmus). Moderately common. Sometimes foundd in the woods.

2. Hermit Thrush. Turdus Pallasi (Cabanis). Common. Sings until the middle of August (R.).

3. Swainson's Thrush. Turdus Swainsoni (Cabanis). The commonest thrush.

4. Cat-bird. Ntmus Carolinensis (Linnteus). Observed beyond the, mountains to the northward, near Malone.

5. Blue Bird. Siaiia sialis (Linnieus). Common near Malone.

8. Golden-crowned "Wren." Regulus satrapa (Lichten.). Quite common; often heard singing in June.

7. Chickadee. Pares atricapillus (Linnseus). Rather scarce in June. Abundant in August (R.).

8. Hudsonian Chickadee. Pares Hudsonicus (Forster). Found In small flocks at Bay Pond in the early part of August (R.).

9. Red-bellied Nuthatch. Sitta Canadensis (LinnEeus). Common. The White-bellied Nuthatch has not been observed here by us. 10. Brown Creeper. Certhia familiaris (Linneus). Common.

11. Winter Wren. Troglodytes hyemalis (Vieillot). Moderately'

common.

FACSIMILE OF THE FIRST PAGE OF THE "CATALOGUE OF SUMMER BIRDS,"
MADE IN 1877 BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JY., AND H. D. MINOT

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