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wlicii I inif^ht have (■,a])liii(<l llif wlioli' family by putting my li^t over 

 lliciii. lint llit-y were iiKjsl iiKlfpciidciii little fellows and, chirping, 

 w(jiil(l rim al)()iit vvliercver they pleasetl. It was woiKlerful to see them 

 run ovir the roiij^li, rocky ^^round where I found them. This was at an 

 elevation ol about 12,000 feet imd on a ridj^e the n(jrth side of whicli 

 breaks off very abruptly, in many j)la(:es in |)erpendic,ular dills. Once 

 I saw a youii}^ one fall fully seven feet d(jwn amon^ the rocks, rolling 

 over and over. It di<l not seim to be at all hurt or frightened. 

 When it SLO])|)(,-d falling it ;it once started back up the hill and in a 

 minute or two was with its mother; she had seen the fall, but had 

 manifested no alarm. The birds were feeding on the seeds of such 

 grass and ])lants as grow at that altitude, a si)ecies of moss being, 

 seemingly, an especial favorite with them. 



Finally, placing the camera where I had to lie down at full length to 

 focus, and where, if i had rolled t(j the lelt ;i little w;iys, 1 would have 

 fallen a hundred feet (jr more; down the mountain, 1 put in the plate- 

 holder, drew the slide, then, by threatening the bird, lujlding my hand 

 over her h<ad, I induced her to rise; the youngsters came out from 

 under, and, watching the right lime, T caught two of them in a picture. 



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