444 



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subject to iilili'-uiulcrstuipd tliKtuati'ins. Oik- \car the birds will alKHind 

 in a certain section, while the year following none are seen. Whether 

 this is because the IcKal food sup])!)- has become exhausted with a season's 

 foraging, or whether the birds are simply whimsical in choice, we ilo not 



Tak*H IN Whalcom County. 



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AX OI.I) IlIKX SUCH AS I.KWIS U OOHI'KCKKKS lUil.lC.HT IX. 



know. Doubtless, in any event, the ra|)id opening up of new territory, thru 

 the cutting and |>artial burning of timber, has pro\ idol a tiehl of opiHir- 

 tnnity too large for the species to fully occupy. With such wealth Ijcforc 

 them the earlv colonists mav naturallv have bcomie a little saucv. 



