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(Picicorvus Columbianus), the Clay-colored Sparrow (Spi- 
zella pallida), and obtained a specimen of the long-tailed 
Chickadee (Parus septentrionalis var? albescens Baird). The 
Red Crossbill (Curvirostra Americana) and Pigmy Nut- 
hatch (Sitta pygmea) were also common, with other species 
which scarcely ever leave the mountain forests. August 
17th we encamped only three miles from the summit of 
Mullan's Pass, and nearly six thousand feet above the sea, 
where I observed a large Marmot (Arctomys flaviventer) and 
a Weasel (Putorius longicauda?). I also shot the first 
Oregon Grouse (Bonasa Sabinii), and saw MacGillivray’s 
Warbler ( Geothlypis MacGillivrayi). ) 

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THE LILIES OF THE FIELDS, OF THE ROCKS, 
AND OF THE CLOUDS. 
BY PROF. G. HINRICHS. 

" Consider the lilies of the field, —even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed 
like one of these!” 
Tuese beautiful words and their promise are familiar to 
allof us; but we are perhaps less conversant with the beauty 
of form here referred to. The season of flowers is now 
With us; we have, therefor, each and all, abundant oppor- 
tunity to consider or behold the plants in their own glory. 
A few words of explanation, and a few examples from the 
World of flowers may, perhaps, be an additional incentive to 
look upon the flowers themselves; and it may also prove 
interesting to show that there are objects deeply buried "m 
the rocks, and also high up in the sky, which contain the 
Sime essential elements of beauty so much admired in the 
lilies of the field. 
To the botanist the lilies comprehend a very large group 
of plants. A great number are distinguished for the ‘bail: 
lianey of their colors; as the numerous tulip-varieties and 


