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for small game, as field-mice, or for sedge-hens and smaller birds. The 

 largest bird of the country, the golden eagle, or Californian condor (p'lal- 

 Avash), has become scarce. Blackbirds exist in large numbers, and are very 

 destructive to the crops throughout Oregon. Other birds existing in several 

 species are the owl, lark, woodpecker, and the pigeon. Migratory birds, as 

 the humming-birds and mocking-birds", visit the Klamath uplands, especially 

 the Lost River Valley, and stop there till winter. 



The species of fish found in the country are the mountain trout, the 

 salmon, and several species of suckers. Of the snake family the more fre- 

 quent species are the garter-snake (wishink), the black-snake (wamenigsh), 

 and the rattlesnake (k(i-ish, ki'sh). Crickets and grasshoppers are roasted 

 and eaten by the Indians, also the chrysalis of a moth (pulxuantch). 



THE ASPECTS OF THE COUNTRY. 



EUe est riante ainsi que I'ltalie, 

 Terrible ainsi que les rives dn Nord. 



The Klamath plateau presents very different aspects and produces very 

 different impressions, according to the observer's condition and the character 

 of the localities he enters or beholds. Travelers coming over the monoto- 

 nous rocky or alkaline plains extending between Malheur Lake and the 

 Reservation are gladdened at the sight of rivulets and springs, imparting a 

 fresher verdure to the unproductive soil, and greet with welcome the pine- 

 ries which they behold at a distance. Feelings of the same kind penetrate 

 the hearts of those who enter the highlands from the Pit River country of 

 California vvlien they come to the well-watered plains of Lost River after 

 crossing the desolate lava formations lying between. The scenery can be 

 called grand only there, where the towering ridge of the Cascade Mountains 

 and the shining mirrors of the lakes at their feet confront the visitor, sur- 

 prised to see in both a reproduction of Alpine landscapes in the extreme 

 West of America.* The alternation of jagged and angular outlines with long 

 level ridges on the horizon suggests, and the peculiar lava color retained by 



• The large pyramidal cone of Mount Pitt is a rather accurate dui)licate of the 

 celebrated Niesen Peak in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, as seen from its north- 

 *ern and eastern side. 



