CONTENTS. 



IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. 



nun 

 I. CAMPING IK COLORADO 3 



II. IN THE COTTONWOODS 17 



Western wood-pewee. Contopus richard- 



sonii. 

 Western house wren. Troglodytes aedon 



aztecus. 

 Towhee. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. 



III. AN UPKOAB OF SONG 32 



Western meadow-lark. Sturnella magna 



neglecta. 



Horned lark. Otocoris alpestris leucolcema. 

 Yellow warbler. Dendroica cestiva. 

 Western wood-pewee. Contopus richard- 



sonii. 



Humming-bird. Troc.hilus colubris. 

 Long-tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda. 



IV. THE TRAGEDY OF A NEST 42 



Long-tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda. 



V. A FEAST OF FLOWERS 52 



VI. A CINDERELLA AMONG FLOWERS 60 



VII. CLIFF-DWELLERS IN THE CANON 70 



Canon wren. Catherpes mexicanus conspersus. 

 American dipper. Cinclus mexicanus. 



