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>%|^irds are plentiful on the Rockies, and the 

 \flw accumulating information concerning them 

 may, in a few years, accredit Colorado with hav- 

 ing more kinds of birds than any other State. 

 The mountains and plains of Colorado carry a 

 wide range of geographic conditions, — a variety 

 of life-zones, — and in many places there is an 

 abundance of bird-food of many kinds. These 

 conditions naturally produce a large variety of 

 birds throughout the State. 



Notwithstanding this array of feathered in- 

 habitants, most tourists who visit the West com- 

 plain of a scarcity of birds. But birds the Rockies 

 have, and any bird-student could tell why more 

 of them are not seen by tourists. The loud man- 

 ners of most tourists who invade the Rockies 

 simply put the birds to flight. When I hear the 

 approach of tourists in the wilds, I feel instinc- 

 tively that I should fly for safety myself. " Our 

 little brothers of the air " the world over dislike 



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