THE SLATE-COLORED SPARROW. ie 
Kinglets, Olive-sided Flycatchers, Evening Grosbeaks, Violet-green Swal- 
lows, Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Bobwhites, and a host of commoner 
sorts, all residents of the same demesne? ‘Unto him that hath shall be 
given.” Unto these who have shown appreciation and consideration, has 
been given the friendship of the birds, and they deserve their good fortune. 
On the 5th of June we visited a nest which had been located a few days 
before in a little aspen grove beyond Garden Springs. The nest was placed 
upon the ground at the base of a small tree, and it sat so high, without pre- 
tense of concealment, that it was plainly visible with all its contents two 
rods away. 
The female was brooding, but upon our approach she slipped quietly 
off and left her three callow young to the tender mercies of the bird-man 
and his big glass eye, set at four feet, while she began searching for food 
upon the ground a yard or two away. 
Taken in Rainicr National Park. From a Photograph Copyright,1908, by W. I. Dawson. 
WITH UNCLOUDED BROW. 
A HAUNT OF THE SLATE-COLORED SPARROW. 
