i(. Till-: NORTllWKSr Ck(l%. 



Spcakiiif,' of tlieir .Kiuatic tendencies, Mr. A. 15. keaj^'an. i>f I.,;i I'ush, 

 assures nic that lie lias rejR'atedly seen tlieiu catch smelt in tlie ocean near 

 shore. Tiiese fish heconie involved in the breakers and may l>e snatched from 

 alK>ve l>y the dextrous hird without any severe wcftinp. 



Crows are still the most familiar feature of Indian villafje life. The 

 Indian, |Krrliaps. no lonj:;er cherishes any sujierstition regfardinjj him, hut 

 he is reluctant to k-inish such a familiar evil. The (Juillayutes call the hird 

 Kiih-iili-yo : and it is safe to say that fifty pairs of the.se Fish Crows nest 

 within half a mile of the villajje of La Push. They nest, indifferently, in 

 the saplinjjs of the coastal thickets, or ajjainst the trunks of the larper spruces, 

 and take little pains to escajK' ohservation. The birds are, however, l)ecom- 

 ing quite shy of a gun. Seeinfj a half dozen of them seated in the tip of a tall 

 spruce in the o])en woods, I raised m '' '-•- ■-.'■,-■. ■ ' n 



all tlew with frantic cries. Indeed it reipiired considerable manniueriufj 

 and ail ambuscade to secure the sinjjle s|)ecimen needed. 



At Xcah Hay the hish Crows patrol the beach incessantly and allow 

 very little of the halibut fishers" largess to lloat off on the tide. And the 

 Okc-tlc)of>c. as the Makalis call the birds, have little fear of the Indians, 

 altlio they are very suspicious of a strange white man. 1 once saw a pretty 

 si.glit on this beach: a three year old Indian girl chasinjj the Crows alxnit 

 in childish glee. The birds enjoyed the fn lit.- as much ;is she, an<l fell in 



