SUMMIT OF PIKE'S PEAK 



ONLY a small portion of ike peak is shown in the view. 

 The comparatively level area referred to in the text lies 

 back of the signal station on the crest. At a garbage heap 

 near the building a flock of leucostictes were seen, and the writer 

 was told that they came there regularly to feed. From this 

 sublime height the American pipite rise on resilient wings hun- 

 dreds of feet into the air until they disappear in the cerulean 

 depths of the sky, singing all the while at " heaven s gate" 



