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BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES 



darting across the turbulent stream to the other side. 

 A number were also noticed in the darkest portions of 

 the canon of the Grand River, where one would think not 

 a living creature could coax subsistence from the bare 

 rocks and beetling cliffs. Turtle doves are so plentiful 

 in the West that their distribution over every avail- 

 able feeding ground seems to 

 , be a matter of social 

 and economic 

 necessity. 



Turtle Doves 



^'' Darting across the 

 turbulent stream " 



