viii ILLUSTRATIONS 



PAGE 



PIPITS (" Up over the Bottomless Pit ") 51 



WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW ("Dear Whittier") . . 55 

 RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET ("The singer elevated his 



crest feathers ") 65 



DESERT HORNED LARKS (" They were plentiful in this 



parched region") 84 



HORNED LARK (" It was a dear little thing ") . . . 88 

 COYOTE ("Looking back to see whether he were 



being pursued ") 100 



ONE OF THE SEVEN LAKES 105 



SUMMIT OF PIKE'S PEAK . . . Ill 



"PIKE'S PEAK IN CLOUDLAND " 114 



CLIFF-SWALLOWS (" On the rugged face of a cliff") . 118 



ROYAL GORGE 123 



PINE SISKINS 128 



WILLOW THRUSH 136 



BREWER'S BLACKBIRDS (" An interesting place for bird 



study") 139 



YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS ("There the youngsters 



perched") 142 



"FROM THEIR PLACE AMONG THE REEDS " .... 146 



THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAY (" Seeking a covert in the 

 dense pineries when a storm sweeps down from 



the mountains") 152 



RAINBOW FALLS . .165 



