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Pipits (" Up over the Bottomless Pit") 51 



White-Crowned Sparrow (" Dear Whittier") , . 55 

 Ruby-Crowned Kinglet ("The singer elevated his 



crest feathers") 65 



Desert Horned Larks ("They were plentiful in this 



parched region") 84 



Horned Lark ("It was a dear little thing") ... 88 

 Coyote (" Looking back to see whether he were 



being pursued ") 1(>0 



One of the Seven Lakes 105 



Summit of Pike's Peak Ill 



"Pike's Peak in cloudland ' 114 



Cliff-Swallows (" On the rugged face of a cliff") . 118 



Royal Gorge 123 



Pine Siskins 128 



Willow Thrush 136 



Brewer's Blackbirds (" An interesting place for bird 



study") 139 



Yellow-Headed Blackbirds ("There the youngsters 



perched") 14'2 



"From their place among the reeds" .... 146 

 The Rocky Mountain Jay (" Seeking a covert in the 



dense pineries when a storm sweeps down from 



the mountains") 152 



Rainbow Falls l65 



