THE HEPBURN LEUCOSTICTE. 



of flat rock which cauglit a hit of the afternoon sun. Here, to jtulse fruni 

 his lusty yelping, there could be no doubt that his parents would notice him, 

 altho they would be powerless to secure his further release until his wings 

 were grown. A Carnegie niedal hovered suggestively over the spot, I know ; 

 but pray, consider, — the rock wall was j^erpendicular and smooth as glass, 

 the ice-wall I st^n k] , m w ;is niiilriTiil. X' • ; i-\ en ])liili iniitln h;is its limits ! 



.■\ Gl.l.Ml'Sli OF MX. R.MNIEU FROM THE .NISQUALLV C.L.\Cn;R. 



A FAVORITE HAUNT OK THE FIEPBURN LEUCOSTICTE. 



The nest containing the remaining youngsters was set well hack in a 

 rock fissure, concealed by projectinns eighty feet above th« fallen first-liurn, 

 and inaccessible to man from above or below. With the possible exception 

 of the Black Cloud Swifts (Cypscloidcs nigcr borcalis). who are re]inrted U- 

 share at times these same cliffs, it is safe to sa\- that the Leucostictes are the 

 highest nesters on the continent. 



