100 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES 



titute of trees and bushes, where even the grass was too 

 short to afford a covert, they naturally felt little fear of 

 man, and hence were easily approached. Their cousins 

 residing in the mountains were, as a rule, provokingly 

 wary. The number of birds that had pre-empted home- 

 steads on the treeless wastes was indeed a gratifying 

 surprise, and I Avent back to the mountains refreshed 

 by the pleasant change my brief --^ excursion 



upon the plains had afforded ___^, me. 



Coyottc 



" Lookincj bach to see jvhether he were being pursued " 



