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Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletins the Roosevelt Wild Life Station SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Digital Commons @ ESF Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletins The Roosevelt Wild Life Station 1940 Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin Ralph T. King SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.esf.edu/rwlsbulletin Part of the Animal Sciences Commons, Biodiversity Commons, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Natural Resources and Conservation Commons Recommended Citation King, Ralph T., "Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin" (1940). Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletins. 9. https://digitalcommons.esf.edu/rwlsbulletin/9 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the The Roosevelt Wild Life Station at Digital Commons @ ESF. It has been accepted for inclusion in Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletins by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ ESF. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Bulletin of the New York State Vol. XIII, No 2. College of Forestry at Syracuse University Nov. 1940 WILDLIFE OF THE HUNTINGTON WILDLIFE STATION (Parts III to VI Inc.) By W. A. Dence, H. F. Heady, J. L. Lowe and A. H. Smith Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3 Published by the Roosevelt Wildlife Forest Experiment Station at the New York State College of Forestry, Syracuse, N. Y. SAMUEL N. SPRING. Dean CONTENTS OF RECENT ROOSEVELT WILDLIFE BULLETINS AND ANNALS BULLETINS Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. i. March, 1928. 1. A Preliminary Wild Life and Forest Survey of Southwestarn Catta- raugus Co., N. Y Victor H. Cahalane 2. A Preliminary Report on the Trout Streams of Southwestern Catta- raugus Co., N. Y Wilford A. Dence (Out of print) Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 2. February, 1929. 1. The Fishes of the Cranberry Lake Region W. C. Kendall and W. A. Dence 2. The Story of King's Pond F. A. Lucas 3. Its Fish Cultural Significance W. C. Kendall Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 3. September, 1929. 1. The Summer Birds of the Northern Adirondack Mountains Aretas A. Saunders 2. The Summer Birds of the Adirondacks in Franklin County, N. Y Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and H. D. Minot (Reprinted. Original date of publication, 1877) Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 4. August, 1930. 1. The Biology of the Voles of New York Robert T. Hatt 2. The Relation of Mammals to the Harvard Forest Robert T. Hatt Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. i. March, 1931. I. A Biological Reconnaissance of the Petcrboro Swamp and the Labrador Pond Areas Charles J. Spiker Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 2. October, 1933. 1. The White-tailed Deer of the Adirondacks. Part I. Preliminary Survey of the White-tailed Deer of the Adiron- dacks M. T. Townsend and M. W. Smith Part 2. Ecology of the White-tailed Deer in Summer with Special Reference to the Adirondacks M. T. Townsend and M. W. Smith 2. Some Late Winter and Early Spring Observations on the White-tailed Deer of the Adirondacks Chas. J. Spiker IvoosEVELT Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 6. Xo. 3. July, 1935. I. A Popular Account of the Bird Life of the Finger Lakes Section of New York, with Main Reference to the Summer Season. .Chas. J. Spiker Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 4. January. 1937. Wildlife of the Archer and .\nna Huntington Wild Life Forest Station 1. Part L Preliminary Reconnaissance of the Land Vertebrates of the Archer and Anna Huntington Wild Life Forest Station Charles E. Johnson 2. Part n. Preliminary Reconnaissance of the Waters of the Archer and Anna Huntington Wild Life Forest Station and their Fish Inhabitants Wilford A. Dence Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. i. October. 1937. I. The Effect of Deer Browsing on Certain Western Adirondack Forest Types John Pearce Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin, Vol. 7, No. 2. October. 1939. I. The Ecology and Economics of the Birds along the Northern Boundary of New York State A. Sidney Hyde . , ": . ERRATA ^a/^e 2^7, last line: for "^rraminif clius reao "fi^raminif olius " Pages 293 and 29'^, unier ""Mymrhaeaceae" the order of the genera should be "^rasenia , Nuphar , Nymrhaea", Page 323 1 line lU from bottom: for "'^''accini\im pen^ylvanicum Lam." read "Vaccinium pensylvani ciom Mill." Page 3^S , left column, line U from bottom; for "memoralis" read "nemoralis". Page 3^0 » left column, line 10 from bottom: for "subluliacea" read "sublolia cea" Page 355 » rig^t column, line 6: add 3(^9"after "Eel". Page 357 > right column, line 5 from bottom: add a comma after "Lung^^ort". Page 360, left column, line S: entire line to be transrosed to folTo"' "Paeonv" as line 6. Ri-?ht column, line 'l from bottom; "^lanta-'^inales" to be flush with line above, pa^'e ^Sl , rif'ht column, line 5 from bottom: for "Pyrolla" read "f-yrcla". Tage 362, left column, l^st line: for "villorsa" read "villoma" Pa:Te ^SG, right column, line l'-^ under "V"; put "spiralis" in italics. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015 https://archive.org/details/rooseveltwildlif07unse_1 Bulletin of the New York State Vol. XIII, No. 2 College of Forestry at Syracuse University Nov. 1940 WILDLIFE OF THE HUNTINGTON WILDLIFE STATION (Parts III to Vi Inc.) By W. A. Dence, H. F. Heady, J. L. Lowe and A. H. Smith Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3 Entered as second-class matter October i8, 1927, at the Post Office at Syracuse. N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912 ANNOUNCEMENT The serial publications of the Roosevelt Wildlife Forest Experi- ment Station consist of the following: 1. Roosevelt Wildlife Bulletin. 2. Roosevelt Wildlife Annals. The Bulletin is intended to include papers of general and popular interest on the various phases of forest wildlife, and the Annals those of a more technical nature or having a less widespread interest. The editions of these publications are limited and do not permit of general free distribution. Exchanges are invited. Sale prices for the Station publications are based on the actual cost of printing and distribution in accordance with Chapter 220 of the Laws of 1933. Price lists will be furnished on request. All communications con- cerning publications should be addressed to The Director and Editor, Roosevelt Wildlife Forest Experiment Station, Syracuse, New York. Copyright, 1940. bv Roosevelt Wildlife Forest Experiment Station [216] TRUSTEES OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY Ex Officio Dr. William P. Graham, Chancellor Syracuse University Dr. Ernest E. Cole, Commissioner of Education Albany, N. Y. Hon. LiTHGOw Osborne, Conservation Commissioner... Albany, N. Y. Appointed by the Governor Hon. Charles Poletti, Lieutenant-Governor Albany, N. Y. Hon. Francis D. McCurn Syracuse, N. Y. Hon. Alfred E. Smith New York City Hon. William H. Kelley Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Willis H. Michell Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. Charles A. Upson Lockport, N. Y. Hon. J. Henry Walters New York City Mr. George W. Sisson, Jr Potsdam, N. Y. Mr. Grant Ernst Syracuse, N. Y. Officers of the Board Hon. Alfred E. Smith President Hon. William H. Kelley Vice-President HONORARY ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE ROOSE- VELT WILDLIFE FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION Hon. Theodore Roosevelt New York City Mr. Kermit Roosevelt New York City Hon. GiFFORD PiNCHOT Harrisburg, Pa. Mr. Chauncey J. Hamlin Buffalo, N. Y. Dr. George Shiras, 3rd Washington, D. C. Dr. Frank M. Chapman New York City Dean Henry S. Graves New Haven, Conn. [217] STAFF OF THE ROOSEVELT WILDLIFE FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION Samuel N. Spring, M.F Dean of the College Ralph T. King, M.A Director WiLFORD A. Dence, B.S Ichthyologist and Ass't Director William L. Wkbb, M.S Junior Forest Zool(J8i^t H. Ruth Merrill Secretary Temporary Appointments The regular stafif is frequently supplemented by temporary help, usually naturalists from specialized fields of biology. Likewise two or more grad- uate students majoring in the field of wildlife management are required to assist in the field projects that arc in progress at the Huntington Wildlife Station in the Adirondacks. [218] GENERAL CONTENTS PAGE Part III. Progress Report on a Study of the Dwarf Sucker (Catosfuiiiits comiiwrsoiiiiii ittcva'aiia) . W. A. Dence 221 Part IV. Annotated List of the Ferns and Flowering Plants of the Huntington Wildlife Station. H. F. Heady 234 Part A Preliminary List of the Lichens on the Hunt- ington Forest. Josiah L. Lowe 371 Part VI. A Preliminary List of the Fungi from the Hunting- ton Forest. Alexander H. Smith 383 [219] ) PART III. PROGRESS REPORT ON A STUDY OF THE DWARF SUCKER (Catostomus commersonnii utawana By W. A. DENCE, Assistant Director Roosevelt IJ'ildlije Forest Experiment Station Syracuse, Nezv York CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 222 Locality 222 Purpose and method 224 Breeding 224 Sexual dimorphism 227 Experiments with marked fish 228 Ages 230 Associated fish 230 Abnormalities in fins 232 Casualties 233 References 2^3 [221] 222 Roosevelt Wildlije Bulletin INTRODUCTION The dwarf form of the common sucker was discovered and descril)ed as a new species (Catostoinits utawana J by Mather ('90). However, no one seriously recognized his designation, at least in writing, until Kendall and Dence ("29) reported on their finding quantities of small hut adult suckers in certain tributary streams of Cranberry Lake. These authors were immediately impressed with the similarity of the small suckers to those described by Mather and deemed it advisal)le to adopt his terminology. More recently other scientists (Greeley and Greene '31; Greeley and Bishop '32; Dence '37) working in the Adirondacks region also have collected this form hut have designated it as a sub-species of the common sucker, because certain specimens show intergradations between normal common suckers and the typical dwarf form. The dwarf sucker is so variable, even in the same watershed, that perhaps it really should be considered only a sub-species of coiii- mersonnii, at least until much additional data are available.
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