The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-07-25

ton on Wednesday. She will devote
her time to collecting material for
use in her school work the coming
year.
Two lectures were given during the
past week. One was. on THE Physi-
ography of the Region Adjacent to
the Station" by Prof. NJ. ]. Elrod;
the second was by Principal P. M. Sill
loway, On the subject How to Study
a Bird 81 = e. = g 4 S'~ar--.-
In the first lecture, the various
agencies at work on the surface of
the earth in this locality were given.
The Mission and Swan ranges have
been formed by faulting, the eastern
slopes being gradual, the western
abrupt and craggy. AS a result of
this there has resulted the ranges in
their present form, as also the valley
above Flathead lake, the lake basin,
and Mission valley. This gave merely
the general outline and skeleton of
the surface. Winds and water have
torn down the ranges and added the
material to the plains. Later, great
ice masses have modified the country.
A large mass of ice, probably a con-
tinental glacier, came down across the
great valley, extending across Flat
head lake and Mission valley, and,
perhaps, far south through the noun
tains. This great ice sheet has left
ample evidence of it's existence be-
| hind. Over the valley in the Flat
! mead reservation large boulders have
been dropped in abundance. Large
pot-holes are in abundance. At the
foot of the lake is a large morain,
several hundred feet high, cut by the
Pend d'Oreille river. This river is
recent. Before it's formation the out
let was probably southwestward,
through the large bay. At this time,
much of the valley north of the lake
must have been flooded making the
lake larger.
At the same time this large ice
mass was moving southwark, an
other, smaller sheet was flowing
down the present Swan River valley.
When this glacier met the larger it
was detected, turned almost back on
its course, grinding off the northern
end of the Mission range in it's
course. This is shown by the
rounded SUBMITS, huge boulders left
high on the hills, and eroded val
leys A thousand feet above Flathead
lake the solid bedrock shows beau
tiful workings, tending to confirm
this view. By the recession of this
ice mass the present bed of Swan
, river near it's mouth was formed as
, also Rost lake and Echo lake, Rem
, nants of glaciers still exist in both
, of these ranges.
: Attention was called to the forma-
ton of the delta at the mouth of Flat
, head river, due to the deposit of silt
> from the water. Many other points
! were mentioned, afterward partly un.
/. derstood by a trip up some of the
? hills and over the glaciated region.
1 The lecture by p. NJ. Silloway. on
= How to Study Bird" was a very
r able effort, and is worthy of wide
distribution. He brought out the
+ chief points necessary in order tc
t pursue the study of birds, and the
: object and aim sought in the study
: This was amplified by numerous
= illustrations:
. The study of birds must include
\ the following points: The genera
f appearance, the songs or notes, the
: mode of flight the type of nest, par
e ticular markings Or points of identi
tication, food, habits.
9 BY the general appearance one car
+ readily recognize large number
e of birds. If very large, black il
= color, soaring high, we may be pretty
t sure it is golden eagle Ducks anC
n geese are readily recognized by theil
S webbed feet, bill, and general appear
y ance. A robin is soon readily recog
d nlZed, as also woodpecker or 6
+ yellow-headed blackbird. Many birds
S have some prominent color or mark
# ings by which they may be known
t The towhee bunting may be known
o by the white wing-bar. The little
d western, yellow warbler has a black
e band across the forehead. A slate
d colored bird about the size of a robin
:, is pretty certain to be catbird.
4 The songs of birds are the most
ready means of Identification. 1t is
e rare that one sees a bird in compari
L son with the number of times its