THE OREGON NATURALIST. 
Chutes, Snake, Salmon, and other rivers cut 
through it. Its greatest thickness is not less 
than 3,700 feet, as demonstrated by Professor 
Le Conte. 
To produce this enormous thickness many 
successive fiows took place, and very long 
during 
periods of time must have elapsed 
which the volcanic actions were going on, 
** Report of an examination of the Upper Col- 
umlia River, (Page 99,)” 
by Lieut. THOMAS W. SYMONS. 
Every collector should embrace the opportunity 
to secure a specimen of Itacolumite or flexible 
sand-stone, now offered by Mr. R. D. Hay in 
another column, To quote from an authority, 
‘* [taco!umile, 1S a peculiar metamorphic schis- 
tose 1ock accompanying talcose slate and schists, 
e¢ mposed principally of quartz grains and hyd- 
Its flexibility is peculiar bending 
rous mica. as 
aS OUMa melt 
though made of short joints, 
Brazi!, the Ural mountains, and parts of the 
United S:ates, particularly those sections where 
there is gold, 
As the result of a blast on the Lower 
Columbia, Rev. Roland D, Grant of this city, 
secured some excellent Chalbazites, 
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(10.) Does the Denny Pheasant raise more 
than one brood a year? C.H.B. Boston, Mass. 
It is not true that the male ring-neck assists 
either in the incubation or rearing of the young, 
Pheasants at an early age become self reliant 
and seek their own food. ‘he hen is very shy 
at this ume and does not often appear except at 
morning or evening, The cock being bolder 
is often seen with the brood, but, not in charge 
of it, As soon as the young are three weeks 
old, which is as early as they are often seen with 
acock, they are large enough to take care of 
themselves and rely on neither parent for food 
or direction, Their gregarious instinct keeps 
them together, I am firmly convinced that the 
hens do not raise a second brood in any year, 
I have much evidence against that theory and 
absolutely nothing but bald assertion in its 
favor, M. O. LOWNSDALE 
(Grere)) 
Sept. 24 
Observed the Lewis Wood-pecker, 
Is that not late for this locality ? 
I would like to hear from observers, through 
the Oregon Naturalist; as to this bird’s range. 
How far north do they go and where do they 
winter ? also any notes on their migration. 
C. W. SWALLow, 
(12) I have acoin, on one side is the leg- 
end “U.S, Subsistence Department,’’surround- 
ing a spread eagle, on the reverse, ‘* Good for 
one ration.” surrounded by a wreath. Will 
some collector tell me what coin it is? 
U. J. Hood River. 
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