We made camp last night at [illegible] Sog-hai-tz at 4:30 in a drizzling rain under a fine grove of large oaks on the river. Yesterday while eating I witnessed a battle between a crow and a magpie. The name was pursuing the magpriet gently caught it on the sandy river shore & crows attempting to kill. When several other magpies came to the rescue & beat the crow off when the wounded bird escaped. The latter remained on the sand & the magpies close by scolding both mother species seemed to fear the other. What started the fight we could not determine. We broke camp at 7:30 in clear weather but cold wind blew down the river. Many geese were heard calling. & 2 parties of crows each one saw them two seem to be a lot of which are close about a egg of the year which looks the best.