Circus hudsonius, Stellerella magna neglecta and Pipilo -- an also plentiful. May 6th - After a most delightful and wonderful ride through the mount- ains of Washington, I reached Seattle Monday P.M. at 2.30 I looked up Capt. David Jarvis, to whom I had a letter from Mr. Frank Wood, and found Capt. Jarvis a very pleasant man. He gave me a letter to a friend of his in Victoria, and the next day (Tuesday) at 8.30 A.M. I left on the boat "Chippewa" for Vancouver Island. The ride up the Sound, and then the beautiful straits of Juan del Fresca is a moving picture of sparkling water and hills covered green, with the snow covered peaks of the Olympics for a background. I registered at the "Empress" hotel upon my arrival at Victoria, which is one of the finest buildings of its kind, out of New York City, and at once went to the American Consulate, I found the Hon. A. E.