Marshall, 1941 Gen'l Comment North Santiam River, 3400 ft., Linn Co., Oregon June 4 Camp in hollow where bend of Santiam River (ie. flows west from Big Meadow, then turns north.) Bench mark here. Terrain sloping gently to East. We are not far from the summit of the Cascades and on the west side is a typical humid coastal forest with dense stand of tall, narrow-crowned trees - virgin forest & unburned. Little down stuff & only rather scant cover of small plants on forest floor. Much bunch grass. There are no large deciduous trees along the river - only some very low "scrub alder". Went thru forest toward the east along the north margin of the river. Collected a ? Amer. 3-toed Woodpecker. Saw & heard 3 hermit Thrushes between camp & Big Meadow (2 miles). Many warblers - presumably hermits - some red-breasted nuthatches, golden-crowned Kinglets, & chestnut-backed chickadees. Big Meadow is a grassy level area of about 10 acres & is surrounded by lodgepole pines. Here were a