40 THE OREGON NATURALIST. 
in the culverts. 
NATURALIST, received and I think it is a 
good paper. 
Yours, very respectfu'ly, 
SIDNEY H. MANN, 
Canton, Illinois, 
March, 5th., 1895. 
THE Ptarmigan isa resident, rarely seen, 
whose habitat in Oregon is the lofty. mountain 
peaks. 
THE head of an Ibex, was recently shown 
at Ellensburgh, Wash., this rare specie was 
killed near Mt. Stewart. 
JAPANESE Quails, have been imported 
from Japan, afte: having raised broods they 
will be given their freedom, thus adding an- 
other specie to the birds introduced into Ore. 
This Quail is smaller than the native bird 
of like family, and somewhat resembles the 
singing Quail, introduced by the society, from 
Germany. 
THE Indian Relics of Oregon and Wash- 
ington, which are nearly identical, command a 
higher price than those from any other state, 
with the possible exception of Deleware. 
EXAMINER: 
FIVE HUNDRED SEABIRDS. 
A NOTABLE NEW COLLECTION AT 
THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
Ornithologist Loomis of the California Ac- 
ademy of Sciences is engaged in mounting the 
birds he obtained dnring his recent bird hunt 
off the Monterey coast. The collection will 
comprise over 500 species, many of them ex- 
ceedingly rare and several of them entirely 
new. 
the scientific hunt are several huge albatrosses. 
Among the more striking trophies of 
These specimens were obtained at considerable 
distance from the land and are considered to 
be the largest and best specimens of their kind 
ever captured on, the Pacific Coast. 
THE OREGONIAN: 
PERHAPS A HAIRY MAMMOTH 
BONES OF PREHISTORIC ANIMAL 
FOUND IN YAKIMA VALLEY: 
Peter J. Olsen, who has given much thought 
and study to zoology, while plowing on his 
land a mile back of Zlilah and under the 
Sunnyside canal, unearthed the bones of a gi- 
gantic and probably prehistoric animal, says 
the North Yakima Herald. The lower jaw 
was in an excellent state of preservation, while 
circular tusks, measuring six feet in circumfer- 
ence, were distinctly outlined although they 
crumbled somewhat upon exposure. 
Mr. Olsen took measurements and drawings 
of these, as well as other portions of the huge 
He aiso 
secured the socket joint of the forearm or leg, 
frame which would not stand moving. 
which is entirely too large for any animal of 
these modern times. 
From all indications the bones were those of 
the hairy mammoth. That this country was 
once inhabited by these animal giants has long 
been more than suspected, as other bones of 
mastondons have been found in yarious parts 
of the Yvkima country at different times, some 
of which are now in the Smithsonian institution. 
The bones of another prehistoric animal can 
also be seen imbedded in the Yakima river, 
It is 
apparently standing, and six feet of the frame 
between Zillah and Snipe’s mountain. 
are above the river bottom. 
Those who are versed in the subject believe 
that it is the Hyracotherium, an animal of the 
ape division, which are supposed to have ex- 
isted in the Eocene period. Several ineffect- 
ual attempts have been made to secure these 
bones, which are in a good state of preservation, 
and another attempt, on a more promising 
scale, will be made in the spring. 
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