Longhurst 1939 Itinerary July 2 Columbia R., at mouth of Deschutes R. Columbia R. and covers about 3000 acres. It is rather oblong in shape and has basalt cliffs and sinuehs like the mainland. It lies over the Wash. line in Klickitat Co. The vegetation is much the same as this on the Ore. side: Sagebrush, bunch grass, browse grass, a few poplars, and a species of currant. There are quite extensive sand dunes in the interior, which seem to be drifting quite rapidly. On them a species of clover grows. Cattle are grazed on the island, but do not seem to have grazed the grass very close, at least at this season. There is also considerable low cactus matting the ground, which is not found on the Ore. side of the Columbia. The following birds were seen and and animals or evidence of them noted: Magpie (nesting in poplar), Meadow- Lark, Sparrow Hawk, red-tail hawk, Violet green and cliff swallows, flicker, dove, and quail-stif. White tailed jack-rabbit (1 seen), porognathus (burrows seen), coyote (digging after mice seen). A portion of a