PLEASANT OUTINGS 26l 



much colder here than it had been on the twenty-eighth 

 of June on the summit of Gray^s Peak, which is con- 

 siderably farther north. However, there may be times 

 when the meteorological conditions of the two peaks 

 are reversed, blowing a gale on Gray's and whispering 

 a zephyr on Tillie Ann. 



The usual succession of birds was seen as we toiled 

 up the slopes and steep inclines, some stopping at the 

 timber-line and others extending their range far up 

 toward the alpine zone. In the pine belt below the 

 timber-line a pair of solitaires were observed flitting 

 about on the ground and the lower branches of the 

 trees, but vouchsafing no song. In the same woodland 

 the mountain jays held carnival a bacchanalian revel, 

 judging from the noise they made ; the ruby-crowned 

 kinglets piped their galloping roundels ; a number of 

 wood-pewees western species were screeching, think- 

 ing themselves musical; siskins were flitting about, 

 though not as numerous as they had been in the piny 

 regions below Gray's Peak ; and here for the first time 

 I saw olive-sided flycatchers among the mountains. I 

 find by consulting Professor Cooke that their breeding 

 range is from seven thousand to twelve thousand feet. 

 A few juncos and ruby-crowned kinglets were seen 

 above the timber-line, while many white-crowned spar- 

 rows, some of them singing blithely, climbed as far up 

 the mountain side as the stunted copses extended. 



