<i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bubo_scandiacus" title="Bubo scandiacus">Bubo scandiacus</a></i>. This picture is from the survey for the US Pacific Railroad, in particular from the report by Lieutenant Henry L Abbot, on the routes in Oregon and California explored by parties under the command of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, in 1855 (from the Sacramento Valley to the Columbia River).
J. H. Richard
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