146 LAND BIRDS 
climb. Of one such exploit Mr. O. W. How- 
ard writes in “ The Con- dor,” May, 
1902, as follows: 
“April 18, I secured one hun- 
dred feet of inch-and- 
rope, and we again 
way to the cliff. On Sy Ait Hh\spXy reaching the 
a-quarter 
made our 
made our 
of the cliff 
trees were 
top of the ridge we 
way down to the edge 
where a bunch of oak 
growing. We tied the ‘74 rope to oaks, 
and I slid down it thirty we 
projection. I was then Ke V4 standing just above 
the nesting cavity y/; where the cliff over- 
hung considerably. — wg About four feet to one 
side was a crevice in Sy the rock, and by jerking the 
rope over a point * above me I could let myself 
down it, which [ ’ h did to a point opposite the 
nest. It was (rather a risky undertaking as 
I made my way along the face of the cliff, and 
I held the rope 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 
points of rock 
b by 
using my feet i i 
my hand- / | 
enough to in yy see that the nest contained eggs, 
and some- Bi iL) how managed to squeeze into 
the cavity /'” head first. The nest was about 
four feet ~) from the entrance in a depression in 
the solid | , rock, with no nesting material except 
a, few Jl2% feathers of the old bird and _ small 
355. PRAIRIE FALCON. 
‘* Not even the bald eagle 
can strike such terror to a 
flock of grouse.” 
