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Seinipal mated Saii(l])iper. 

 Western San<lpiper. 

 Western vSolitary SandpijxT. 

 Spotted Sandpiper. 

 Rand-tailed I'ii^eon. 

 American (Xsprey. 

 Desert Sparrow Hawk. 

 Belted Kingfisher. 

 Lewis's Woodpecker. 

 Northwest Flicker. 

 Western Xighthawk. 

 Black Swift. 

 Vaux's Swift. 

 Allen's Hiiniminy1)ird. 



Barn Swallow- 

 Tree Swallow. 

 Bank Swallow. 

 Rough-winged Swallow 

 Cassin's Vireo. 

 Cedar Waxwing. 

 Yellow Warbler. 

 Audubon's Warbler. 

 Parktnan's Wren. 

 \'igor's Wren. 

 Oregon Chickadee. 

 Ru.s.set-backed Thrusli. 

 We.stern Robin. 

 Western Bluebird. 



The lonely homeward jotirney began when the boat .swung 

 free of the wharf at Blaine, at about three o'clock in the after- 

 noon of August 20. If we could believe that every parting was 

 but the promise of another meeting we should avoid a great 

 deal of sadness. 



Beyond the long slender sand spit, beyond the forest of 

 salmon nets, everywhere, even into the fading twilight, 

 swarmed the gulls and scoters, while an occasional flock of 

 sandpipers scurried across our bows. The white caps of the 

 distant Olympics threw back the rays of the setting sun. 

 Surely the setting of these Thousand Isles of the Pacific 

 cannot be rivalled in an)- land. The islands themselves are 

 diversified beauty and grandeur, still po.ssessing, in large 

 measure, their primitive characters. 



Morning dawned upon a birdless waste of water, but Vjy 

 full day the gulls had awakened and ducks had come out of 

 their hiding places. But these do not appear in the da3''s 

 horizon. Onh- those are entered which could be seen from the 

 wharf after arrangements had been completed for the overland 

 joitrney. Only the gulls ventured near enough to the wharf- 

 to be .seen clearly. 



It was an interesting and varied land.scape that passed 

 in review during the day's ride from Seattle to Pasco — from 

 tide water, over the most humid stretch of country in the land, 

 up and over the Cascade range, down the course of the Yakima 

 River to and across the Columbia. Naturally the bird life was 

 varied, yet scarcely equalling the topography in that respect. 

 Nothing new appeared until we were racing down the east side 



