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Water-Ousel (" Up, up, only a few inches from the 



dashing current ") l67 



Water-Ousel ("Three hungr}'^ mouths which were 



opened wide to receive the food ") 171 



" No SNOWSTORM CAN DISCOURAGE HIM " .... 174- 



"The DARK doorway" 179 



Song Sparrow (" His songs are bubbUng over still 



with melody and glee ") ipj' 



Clear Creek Valley 201 



W^ESTERN Robin (" Out-pouring joy ") 207 



Red-Naped Sapsuckers (•' Chiselling grubs out of 



the bark") 21 1 



Pigeon Hawk ("Watching for quariy ") . . . . 214 



" Solo SINGING in the thrush realm" 218 



Gray's and Torrey's Peaks 245 



Panorama from Gray's Peak — Northwest . . 249 



Thistle Butterfly 252 



Western White 252 



JuNco (" Under a roof of green grass ") 255 



South Park from Kenosha Hill 265 



Magpie and Western Robins (" They were hot on 



his trail") 271 



Violet-green Swallow (" Squatted on the dusty road 



and took a sun-bath ") 279 



