. Birds of Arkansas . Fig. 1.—St. Francis River Sunken Lands. Home of Wood Ducks, Tree Swallows,Swifts, Redwings, Marsh Wrens, Fig. 2.—Canebrake in Primitive Hardwood Forest, Turrell, Ark. Home ofBachman and Swainson Warblers. LIFE ZONES. THE OUACHITA MOUNTAIN REGION. South of the Arkansas Valley and west of Perry and GarlandCounties lies a group of rugged mountain ranges—the highest in theState—known as the Ouachita Mountains. These ranges have a gen-eral east and west direction and are steeper and more isolated thanthe ranges of the Ozarks. Some of the highest peaks are MagazineMountai
. Birds of Arkansas . Fig. 1.—St. Francis River Sunken Lands. Home of Wood Ducks, Tree Swallows,Swifts, Redwings, Marsh Wrens, Fig. 2.—Canebrake in Primitive Hardwood Forest, Turrell, Ark. Home ofBachman and Swainson Warblers. LIFE ZONES. THE OUACHITA MOUNTAIN REGION. South of the Arkansas Valley and west of Perry and GarlandCounties lies a group of rugged mountain ranges—the highest in theState—known as the Ouachita Mountains. These ranges have a gen-eral east and west direction and are steeper and more isolated thanthe ranges of the Ozarks. Some of the highest peaks are MagazineMountain (2,800 feet), Fourche Mountain (2,800 feet), Rich Mountain(2,750 feet), Black Fork Mountain (2,650 feet), Petit Jean Mountain(2,600 feet), and Poteau Mountain (2,550 feet). Both hardwood and pine timber grow on these mountains, theformer prevailing in most localities. This region forms the southern-most extension of the Upper Austral Zone in the Mississippi Valley,and several species of birds characteristic of that zone reach their southern limit here. LIFE ZONES. LOWER AUSTRAL ZONE. The greater part of the State is oc
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