PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS 



THE foregoing chapters contain a recital of ob- 

 servations made in the neighborhood of Colo- 

 rado Springs and in trips on the plains and 

 among the mountains in that latitude. Two years later 

 — that is, in 1901 — the rambler's good angel again 

 smiled upon him and made possible another tour among 

 the Colorado mountains. This time he made Denver, 

 instead of Colorado Springs, the centre of operations ; 

 nor did he go alone, his companion being an active boy 

 of fourteen who has a penchant for Butterflies, while 

 that of the writer, as need scarcely be said, is for the 

 Birds — in our estimation, the two cardinal B's of the 

 English language. Imagine two inveterate ramblers, 

 then, with two such enchanting hobbies, set loose on the 

 Colorado plains and in the mountains, with the prospect 

 of a month of uninterinipted indulgence in their manias ! 

 In the account of my first visit, most of the species 

 met with were described in detail both as to their habits 

 and personal appearance. In the present record no 

 such minutiae will be necessary so far as the same species 

 ^ere observed, and therefore the chief objects of the 

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