300 In the Upper Sierra 
who wish to see these grand birds on the wing, A pistol-shot will 
always cause them to come sweeping out of the chasm they frequent 
as well as bevies of Rock Doves who also find security in these fine 
cliffs. On several occasions | have seen Cormorants fishing in 
LA CUEVA DEL GATO. 
Whence tssues a subterranean stream. 
the cataracts below and when disturbed they have flown upwards 
and circled aloft many thousands of feet above the sierra, after 
the fashion of Vultures, before making off sea-ward. 
The most impressive view of this gorge is from a projecting 
