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in the most elevated localities, ranging at will in the 

 summer time over the bald summits in the regions of 

 perpetual snow. Among these may be mentioned the 

 brown-capped leucostictes, the American pipits, the 

 ravens, and Brewer's blackbirds. These species will 

 often have the privilege of looking upon the scenery on 

 both sides of the range, and you and I can scarcely 

 repress a feeling of envy when we think of their happy 

 freedom, and their frequent opportunities to go sight- 

 seeing. 



While taking an early morning stroll along one of 

 the streets of Glenwood, I caught sight of a new 

 member of the phoebe family, its reddish breast and 

 sides differentiating it from the familiar phoebe of the 

 East. Afterwards I identified it as Say's phoebe, a 

 distinctly western species. Its habits are like those of 

 its eastern relative. A pair of Say's phoebes had 

 placed their nest on a beam of a veranda, near the 

 roof, where they could be seen carrying food to their 

 young. My notes say nothing of their singing a tune 

 or even uttering a chirp. This was my first observation 

 of Say's phoebe, although, as will be seen, I subsequently 

 saw one under somewhat peculiar circumstances. 



Having spent all the time I could spare at Glenwood, 

 one morning I boarded the eastward-bound train, and 

 was soon whirling up through the sublime canons of 

 Grand and Eagle Rivers, keeping on the alert for such 



