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BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES 



age is reddish, and between this family and the broad- 

 tails there exists a bitter feud. When, in the migrating 

 season, a large number of both species gather together 

 in a locality where there is a cluster of wild-flowers, the 

 picture they make as they dart to and fro and bicker 

 and flight for some choice blossom, their metallic colors 

 flashini£ in the sun, is so brilliant as never to be for- 

 gotten by the spectator who is fortunate enough to 

 witness it. 



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"Pt'fe's Peak in cloudlund " 



