114 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES 



age is reddish, and between this family and the broad- 

 tails there exists a bitter feud. When, in the migrating 

 season, a large number of both species gather together 

 in a locality where there is a cluster of wild-flowers, the 

 picture they make as they dart to and fro and bicker 

 and fight for some choice blossom, their metallic colors 

 flashing in the sun, is so brilliant as never to be for- 

 gotten by the spectator who is fortunate enough to 

 witness it. 



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"Pike's Peak in cloudland " 



