STEEP TRAILS 



are "no birds in the woods or game animals 

 of any kind larger than mosquitoes. " 



Besides the singing-birds mentioned above, 

 the handsome Oregon grouse may be found 

 in the thick woods, also the dusky grouse and 

 Franklin's grouse, and in some places the 

 beautiful mountain partridge, or quail. The 

 white-tailed ptarmigan lives on the lofty snow 

 peaks above the timber, and the prairie- 

 chicken and sage-cock on the broad Columbia 

 plains from the Cascade Range back to the 

 foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The bald 

 eagle is very common along the Columbia 

 River, or wherever fish, especially salmon, are 

 plentiful, while swans, herons, cranes, pelicans, 

 geese, ducks of many species, and water-birds 

 in general abound in the lake region, on the 

 main streams, and along the coast, stirring 

 the waters and sky into fine, lively pictures, 

 greatly to the delight of wandering lovers of 

 wildness. 



