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Show 192 six ino1ars witlt the bat·t· ·I of the (Juill: those• on the sides or the 1ail a1·r: ·umcthin~ shot't('T', ancl hcncl with the rxtJ·cmities jnwaa·tls towal'ds the centt·c of the tail: the r.xtt·crnitic~ of these feathers at'C white: the bt~ak is or a light UC'sh ('Q. lour: the le~s aml feet, whic·h do not diHct· in slt·nd m·e f't-om those of' tht• goose Ol' l.n·ant of ot hcl' SJil'l'ies, at·e o[' au\ OJ'llOI;e colour: the c~· t> is snmJJ, the it·is ol' a dad )rllowish brown. nnd JHlpil hla(•k: thr note is llltlt'h Ow.t or OIC C(llll mon vied lu·ant, ft·um whieh in fa<·t' they a•·c not. to he distingnish<• cl at a difltan('c, althoup;h tltey <·c•J·taiuly al'c of a distinct species: t!w fksh is ('(}ll:tlly paJatah)e "ith that or ~onunon I•it~d lwaut. They •In not l'<'main het·c dul'ing" tho wintc1· in such numbers as the bini above nwntioncd: tJJis oircl is here denominated t11C picfl ln·ant. on account of iltc ncar resemblance, anc.J fol' want. or another app<'llation. 8. The gee ·c at•c either t.hc l:.u·~~t" os· small kind: t.hc lar!;'r. $;OOSC J't' sc mblc~ our m·•lina•·y wild m· Camulian t;oosr; tlit' small is l'athci·lc!-!S than the l.H·c.mt., which it resembles in tltc hca<l and neck, where it i!, l:u·ger in p1'opm·tion than that of the goose: tho beak is thicl\.CI'mHJ SliOI'(t'l'; tl~c note like tJtat or a t.a.me goose. In all othCl'}lOints it l'CSrmblrs Oae lal'gn guosc, "it h '"hieh it as ociatrs so ft'CfJncntly, that it \HLS some time before H was discovcrc•l to he of a distiuct S[l('<'irs. U. 'J'hc swan m·e of t.wo ],.intis, the hwgc and Ote small: tlJC hn·ge swan i:j the same common to the Atlantic states: 1he small (liJih·s only from ihc hu·ge in size ami in uotr: it is about one four·t.la less, an•l il s uotc j~ cut it·cly diti(•J'rut. It cannot be justly !mitatcd hy f he :ound of Jetter ·; it begins with a kind of whistling soum1, auu 1crminat.es jn a round l'ull note, louder at the eud: this note is as )oud HS that of the lar·gc sprcios; whence it might be dcuomiuatcd tho whistliug swan: its habits, col om·, ancl contoua·, aptlcm·s to be precjs<·ly those of the larger species: these l1irds wcro first round bduw the great mwrows of' tlw ColumiJia, ucur the Chillll(•hi ' tcquaw uatiou: tlwy al't' vet') ahnndant in this nei~;hbouthood, aud t·cmai 1cd with the pal'ty all winter, und UJJ the .lflissow·i. u1 number they cxceecl those or the larger species in the pt·oportion of five to one. 10. ()(' duck!:l, we enume1·ate mn.ny kinds: the du(•kin ... malhu·d; the canvass-back cluck; thl; I'cd-lacculcd fishing duck, the IJiack and white dswk; tl.ae little bt·owu duck; blaekduc),; two species or divers, and blue-winged teal. 1. 'l'JJC ducldnmallat•cl, m· common lat·gc duck, resembles the do111estie cluck, m·c vcs·y abundant, and found in every part of the rive1· below the mountains: they remain here all wintca·, but unl'ing· this season do not continue much above t hlc .. water. Z. 'l'he canvass-back duck is a most beautiful fowl, aml most ddieious to the Jmlate: it is found in considerable numbers in this neighbourhood. It is of the same species with those of the Delaware, Susqnchannah ami Potomack, where it is called the canvass-back c.Juck, aradin James' rivet' it is known by the name of the shrllcd c.h·akc. J~ rom this last mcntionml i'ivcr·, it .is saic.J, however, that they have almost totally dis: t.(lilCat·ed. To the epicure ol' those i>art.s of the United States, where this game is in plenty, nothiug need be said in pr·aise of its exquisite ilavour, and those on the banks of HJC Columuia arc equally delicious. '\Vc saw nothing of them until al't.cr we had 1·eachcd the m~ws]ay islands. " 3. 'l'hc-rcd headed fi shing duck is common to every part of the rh·er, and was likewise found in the Uocky mountain!f, and was the only ducli: discovc1·cd in the waters of the Columbia within those mountains. rrhcy feed chiefly on ~rawfish, and arc the same in every respect ns those on the rivers am] the mountains bordering on the Atlantic ocean. -t. ri'he black and white duck is small, and a size larger 1 than the teal. ri'he male is beautifully variegated witll black and while: the "hite occupies the side of the head, breast and back, the tail, feathers or the wings, and two tufts o(' fcatltcrs which cgver the upper Jlart ot' the wing$, when folded, anti likewise the neck and head: 1he female is da1·kct·. 'Jlhis is beliovod to be the same specie~ 9f d\lek YOT,, JI, (" (' |