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LAND BIRDS 



climb. Of one such exploit Mr 

 ard writes in " The Con- 

 1902, as follows: 



"April 18, I secured 

 dred feet of inch-and- 



rope. 



and 



we asain 



way to the cliff. On 

 top of the ridge we 

 way down to the edge 

 where a bunch of oak 

 growing. We tied the 

 and I slid down it thirty 

 projection. I was then 

 the nesting cavity j 

 hung considerably 

 side was a crevice in 

 rope over a point 

 down it, which I 

 nest. It was 

 I made my way 

 I held the rope 

 points of rock 

 using my feet 

 my h a n d - 

 enough to 

 and some- 

 the cavity 

 four feet 

 the solid 

 a f e w y-^ 



355. Prairie Falcon. 



0. W. How- 

 dor," May, 



one hun- 



a-quarter 



made our 



reaching the 



made our 



of the cliff 



/>/ y Mt>4m''^. trees were 



,^4w r^P^t^^^ks, 



jrjj'rj XJ feet to a shelf-like 



) -'^M standing just above 



'"' W where the cliff over- 



^'^ ,£ About four feet to one 



the rock, and by jerking the 



above me I could let myself 



did to a point opposite the 



rather a risky undertaking as 



along the face of the cliff, and 



in one hand and the sharp 



in the other, at the same time 



to steady myself. By keeping 



hold I could lean over just far 



see that the nest contained eggs, 



how managed to squeeze into 



head first. The nest was about 



from the entrance in a depression in 



rock, with no nesting material except 



feathers of the old bird and small 



'•'■ Not even the bald eagle 

 can strike such terror to a 

 flock of qroiixe" 



