THE OTTAWA r(ATURALIST. 



Vol. XVII. OTTAW.A, JUNE, 1903. No. 



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TH?: BEETLES OF AN OREGON BEACH. 



By H. F. WiCKH.VM, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. 



If one looks through the annals of Entomology, he will find 

 the sea coast of Oregon rarely mentioned. It now he will turn to 

 a map, he will see the reason, for the railroads seem to have 

 avoided the district to a remarkable extent, so that it is not to be 

 reached with the same ease as corresponding regions in the other 

 Pacific States. In fact, there are only two ports on the entire 

 Oregon coast that are connected with the great north and south 

 trunk line — namely Astoria, at the south of the Columbia, which 

 has rail connections with Portland, and Yaquina, on a bay of the 

 same name, about ioo miles farther south, reached from Corvallis 

 or Albany by a line through the intervening mountains. 



While Yaquina Bay is not of much importance to the world at 

 large, it has nevertheless quite an extended reputation in Oregon, 

 on account of the fine beach at Newport, a small village which 

 owes its prosperity to attractions as a summer resort. The ride 

 from Albany takes several hours, though the distance to be 

 travelled is but about a hundred miles. However, the trip is a 

 pleasant one, the hill scenery being pretty, if not exactly grand. 

 Unfortunately, much of the original coniferous forest has been 

 burnt oflF along the line, though there is enough left to show that 

 the growth must have been a heavy one. Live oaks are a pro- 

 minent feature of the flora, and in places form considerable 



groves. 



At the head of the bay lies Toledo, too far from the beach to 

 answer as headquarters for one intending to collect, for the shores 

 in the immediate vicinity are extremely muddy and uninviting. 



