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  • 32 Victoria B.C. [British Columbia] I. McT [Ian McTaggart] Cowan 1936. Feb [February] 23, 1936. Lake Hill to 2 miles N. [North] of Lost Lake along railroad track. Snowing hard all day. Observations from 12:30 to 4:30. As far as Lost Lake the right of way is flanked on both sides by farms, with scattered patches of trees. Fences mostly lined with Snowberry + Briar. Some berries still on snowberry + arbutus. Just at this side of Lost Lake is a small patch of first hemlocks, with quite a stand of Jack pine on the east side of the track. The Lake itself is surrounded by willow scrub except on the north east where a cultivated field runs right to the shore. Beyond the lake there are a few farms + then heavy Canadian zone timber of cedar, fir + hemlock. Between the farms + the timber is a belt of brush supporting numbers of arbutus. Birds seen Calif. [California] Purple Finch 40+/- House Sparrow 10 +/-
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