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the game-birds of Oregon. They are increasing in 

 number. Among the duck are canvasback, mallard, 

 widgeon, spoonbill, sprig tail, and blue- and green- 

 winged teal. 



Wild pigeon are still found in this state. They arrive 

 about April I, and leave about October i. Duck shoot- 

 ing is generally good all along the Columbia river. 

 Duck return from their northern flight in September, 

 and they leave again for the north in April. Duck 

 shooting is also good in southern Oregon. Grouse are 

 most abundant in the western part ; bear in the Coast 

 and Cascade ranges ; cougar and lynx are also plentiful 

 in the same country. Mountain-quail are holding their 

 own in number. Tillamook is a good county for game. 

 Tillamook bay, on the western coast, fifty miles south 

 of the Columbia river, is fifteen miles long, four miles 

 wide, and has various marshes and inlets surrounding 

 a network of salt-water sloughs adjacent, and fine nav- 

 igable rivers. This is said to be an excellent place for 

 a large variety of water-fowl, such as duck, geese, and 

 snipe. Near by is good quail and grouse shooting, and 

 a little further away good deer and elk shooting. Bear 

 are also plentiful here. Curry county has for a number 

 of years been so good a big-game section, that head 

 and hide hunters were attracted there. It is said still to 

 abound with game. Deer are very plentiful in Laus, 

 Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine counties, and in the 

 Coast Range in Tillamook, Lincoln, and Benton coun- 

 ties. Big game is so plentiful in Benton county as quite 

 recently to warrant the offering of a bounty of $2.50 

 for the scalps of cougar, bear, and wildcat, and $i each 

 for wolf scalps. 



