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Show J~cwis £11lll Clurl~t:'s 1~.111l'£iiliun 20. The calamut eaglr, sonadim ·s iulwhit: this sitl(l of 1hc Rocl<y mountaius. 'l'his iufot·mation <•apfa.in Lt•\\is del'ired ft·om the natin~s, .in whose posst·ssion ltc Jaacl Sl'l'll t.heh· plumage. 'fhese ~lrc of the saute !:-. pcwics with Uw!:!c of t.hcl\1issnm·i, aud arc the mo~t Leautil'ul or~ 11 the family of ca~jlcs in Ame~·ic•a. 'I'hc •·olont•s :u·e hlack a.ml white, :lntl IJcaulif'ully v:n·ief.;ated. The tail feathl~t·s, so ltiglaly JH'izc(l by the natives, are composrd of twelve u•·oad ft·atltet·s ofunt'fJUallcngth, which arc whit<', ex 'ept \'tithin two jnehcs of thei1· extt·cmitics, wh<'re thf'Y imm<'cliat<·ly <'hangc to a jetty hlack: the wings havl' each a.Jaq;t•ci•·c·ul:wwJJitc spot in the middle, "hich is ou)y ,·isiulc when they arc cxtt·tHh·d: the body is val'iou~ly ma.t·l~cd \'tith bhu·l· :uul white: in l(H'ru they 1·esemble the bald e~tglc, hut th<'y a1·o rather smallt'I', and fly with muda more rapidity. 'l'hi~ hiL•d is {{·arcd by ~111. ]tis cal'nlVCl'OUS COJHl»CillOI'S, who, OU his :1}1pl'Oac}t, }caYQ' the ca.1·easc instantly, on which they had hc<'H fcc<liug. 'l'hc female lH'ccd · in the most iu:H'l'essihlc pat'ts of the moun- 1ains. "here she mala's hrr summc1· l' ·siclf•nce, audtlcsccnds to tlac plains only in the fall and w'n t<"l' sea sons. 'l'he natives al'e at this season on the watrla, and so highly is thi:) viumag lll'ized by tho Mamlan~, the .1\linnctaJ·ecs, ami lite Uicaras, that the tail fl'athers of two of these eagles will he purchased Ly the exchange ot' a good hursc ot· gun, ami such accoutrements. Amongst the g•·cat awl little O!:!agcs, and 1hose nations inhabiting the couutri 's '~ ht•t·e the 11il'd is lHOL'C t·ardy sc<m, the price is even tlouhlc ofthat aiJovc mentioned. 'Vith t.h •se feathers the natives decorate the tcms of thci1· sacred pipes ot· calumets, l'1·om '"hence the na111c of the calumd eagle is llcrjved. The Uit·m·as have domcsti· cated this Lird in many instances, for the put·pose or outuining its lllumage. The natives, on Cl'Cl'Y part of the eontiucut, who can IH'ocm·c the feathers, attaeh them to their own hait·, aml the mc.uH'S arul tails or their f~trOlu·Ho hol·scs, by way or ot·nament. They a.Lso decorate (he it• "ar ca}lS Ol' bonnets with U.1c~c fe,tthcr!. Up tile JJJissom·i. 189 A s Co the aquatir bit·cls oflhi: countJ·y, we Jaavc io repeat the •·rmal'k, that, as we t·cmaincd neat· the coast flul'ing the winter only, many Lil'ds, commou hnUt. in the summer and autumn. miglt t have I' •tit·cd ft·om the cold, aml b~cn lost to ou•· ohs••t·vation. " 'c ~aw . how<'vct•, rfht• hu·go bJ uc, anti bt•own herJ'On; the fishing hawk; the blue-c•·cstrd fisher; several species or gulls; the cot·morant; two spc<>ics ol' loons; brant of two kintls; geese; swan; and scYcral species or duel S. 1. rrhe hu·g<' hluc and Iwown 1acrrons, or cranes, as they arc usually tct·uu!fl in 1he United Htates, a.rc found on the Columbia hdow tid '-\'tater. Thry diffi·r in no rcsl,>ect fl·om the same species of uh·d in the United States. rrhc same may be obscrvell of 2. The fishing haw1{, with the crown or the head white, and the back or a mealy white, and 3. Of the blue-crested or ldng-lishrr, both or which arc fonml every whea·c on the Colnmbia anfl its u ·iLuta•·y watct ·s; thoug·h fltc Jishiug hawk is not abundant, llart.icularly iu tlH' mouufaius . .J •• Of gulJs, we have J·cm~u·kcd four species on the coasl an<l the •·ivcr, all common to the United States. !1. 'rhc cormot·ant js, lll'opcrly S}lCakiug, a. hu·ge black <luck tha:t feeds on Jlsh. Captain Lewis cnulfl perceive no difference bet ween this bit·d and those ducks wllich inhabit. the I•otomack ancl other rivers on t11C Atlantic coast. lie ucvct• rcmembcrctl to have seen those inhabiting the At.Jantic states, so high llj) the rivet· as thry have been found iu ihis quarter. \Vc Jit·st disco~·crcd the corvus on the Koos- 1 ooskcc, at tlac entrance of Chopunish rjvcr•: Cbcy iucJ•cased in numbers :ts we desccmlcd, and formed much the greatest llot·tion or the watct·-Jowl which we saw until we reached the f;ol umuia. at the en trance of the tides. They abouml even here, but beat• no lH'O{lor·Uon to the number· or other water-1cnvl st~cn at this plal~c. 6. The loon: there m·c two species of loons: the speckled loon, founfl on CH~t·y p:u:t of' I he riVf'l'S o{' this countr·y. |