120 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES 



birds'* tunes, however, have the character of being 

 whistled. 



Glenwood is a charmine; summer resort in Colorado 

 on the western side of the Rocky Mountain range, and 

 can be reached by both the Denver Ik Rio Grande and 

 the Colorado Midland Railwavs. Beautifullv situated 

 in an open mountain valley, it possesses manv attrac- 

 tions in the way of natural scenery, while the cool 

 breezes blow down from the snow-mantled ranges gleam- 

 ing in the distance, and the medicinal springs draw 

 manv tom'ists in search of health and recuperation. 



My purpose, however, in visiting this idyllic spot — 

 I went there from Red Cliff — was not primarily to 

 view the scenery, nor to make use of the healing waters, 

 but to gratify my thirst for bird-lore. Having spent 

 some weeks in observing the avi-fauna east of the 

 range, I had a curiosity to know something of bird life 

 west of the great chain of alpine heights, and therefore 

 I selected Glenwood as a fertile field in which to carry 

 on some investigations. While my stav at this resort 

 was all too short, it was of sufficient length to put me 

 in possession of a number of facts that may prove to be 

 of general interest. 



For one thing I learned, somewhat to my surprise, 

 that the avian fauna on both sides of the Divide is 

 much the same. Indeed, with one exception — to be 

 noted more at lenirth hereafter — I found no birds on 



