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moii C<imi<li<in 'il<l tioom (A mix Cnmnlfnsis 1), with the / or Cdllinii (ivose, and the Snail White Goose, are abun- dant mi all tin- lakes. marshes, and low grounds, as well as mi tin- sand hanks in the Columbia. They migrate to the northward in April, and return in October. The male of the ii-.- Gfa M is a handsome mottled bird. A pair of each of tlirs- (ieese is in my collection. There are three species, or else distinct varieties of the Sinin. First, the Common Swan, then a smaller bird of the same color; and thirdly, another, equal in size to the first, bluish LMVV on the back, neck, and head, and white on the belly; it is probably specifically distinct, as the color is pre- served in all stages of its growth, and it is not so common as the rest. All these frequent like places as the Geese, and miirrate at the same time. To my regret, I was only able to obtain one specimen, a female of the last species. Of the ten or twelve species of Ducks found on the Colum- bia. I could obtain but three. My desire of preserving animals and birds was often frus- trated by the heavy rains that fell at this season. Among tlie kinds of the latter which chiefly deserve attention are, Tit run Stihini and Richardsoni* Sarcocaniphos Califoriiica, CIHTUS Slilhii. and some species of the genus Anas. There are several kinds of Cervus, Canis, Mus, and Myoxus, though the variety of quadrupeds is by no means so great in the northwest as in many parts of America, The Klk (Cirrus Aires), which the hunters say agrees preeisely witli the Iticln- of the other side of this great con- tinent. is found in all the woody eountry, and particularly abundant near the coast. There are two other species of Deer one is light grey, white on the belly and inside the legs. with a very long tail, a foot to fifteen inches long. It is called by the hunters It Clu rn nil, or ,/umitiny Deer (Cervus liurnnist. and is very small, with horns alxuit eighteen inches long, and mueh curved inward, very round, and not more than one.- or twice branched. The other speeies is the Hlnck-tnilid Deer (Cervus