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their color and their perfume to the friendly air. 

 Here flourishes the Rocky Mountain columbine. 



The region is gladdened with many kinds of 

 birds. On the heights lives the serene, self-con- 

 tained ptarmigan; the "camp-bird" resides in 

 the upland forests; hummingbirds flit here and 

 there ; the robin sings and re-sings its song over 

 the lowlands ; blackbirds swing on the willows by 

 the brooks ; the wise magpie spreads his spotted 

 wings and explores every corner. Along the 

 cascading streams is the darling bird of the 

 Rockies, the cheerful water-ouzel. Here, too, 

 the hermit thrush charms the air with a wonder- 

 ful wealth of melody, and here the solitaire, 

 perhaps the most inspiring of all songsters, 

 pours his divine melody amid pines, crags, and 

 the sounds of winds and falling waters. 



Numerous trails wind through this region, 

 and over these one may visit Specimen Mount- 

 ain, an old volcano, Fern and Odessa Lakes, 

 splendid tree-bordered alpine tarns, Wild 

 Basin, Locke Vale, Wind River, Glacier Gorge, 

 and the summit of Long's Peak. The Flat-Top 

 trail is the greatest one; this touches a variety 



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