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M. Tin- nests "I tli-- harlei|Uin 'hick an- made \ (1A1 

 ish l-niwn i|n\vii. aii'i like the down \ m-^t . .tln-r durk.s can U- 

 identified l,y an \]--i i. IP easily as the eggs tli- 



Thus it is impos.sil.)e to cnf<iinl tin- downy n.-st of I 



vewith that of any >tli.-r .hick. lik.-\vis,- tic- down of 

 n. lon^-tail. i'l-r. ^iM.saii'l.-i an. I . .t ln-r sjH-cies areas 

 in colour I'mm i-ach other Mthoeggi tln-iiis-lv->. Tli.- 

 l..\\ n i>f the .luck family ar- l-autiful ..l.j.-cts. anl \\ h.-n 

 tin |>lacrl inxi.l,. th,- n. -sts in tin- cal'in.-t th.-y l-'k 



v.-ry attract: 



'IMi.- harl.-.|uin I!<M-S not lay s<> many eggs i> m-M .-th.-r 



lucks .In. fi\, t.. s, -v.-n l-.-in^ th>- u-ual nuiiilM-iv I )iirin^ t h- 



n I ha\f rt-c.-i\.-.l tV-'in my Ic.-lan.l collect. >r \ -r 



t\vi huii'lr. this vj-ci.-v. consist in^f <!' t\v chit<-h-8 of 



iin.-t.-.-ii clutch. -s . .f --\.-ii. an. I twt-lvc chit<-h--> < ! 



10 that *i\ anl s.-\.-n s.-cin tl>.- tin- regular iiuinlH-r !' 



eggs hiiil. Tin- male harlM|uin .luck has U-autiful vari-;at-.| 



pluma^f. an-1 in sniif jilac.-s tin-van- called " loi-.l an<l lady 



docks." 



At Banff. tin- mountain tnut tishin^ can Iwluul on th- 

 an. i ' rivers, also deep trolling for lake trout in l>.-vil s 

 L-ike. White and Indian guides can U- secun-d fur extended 

 trij's into the mountains after U-ar. sheep 



lining our journey through the Rockies \\ . ar.- S.M.H re- 

 minded. 1>\ the increa.sin.r nearness of the fields of snow and 



:n the mountain slopes, that u>- UQ r.-.-tchin^ a threat el- 

 lion, and two houi-s after leaving Hantt' our train stops at a 

 little station, and we are told that this is the summit t 



ky Mountains, just a mile alo\e th ut it is the 



siimmit only in an engineering abDM for tin- mountains still 

 lift their white heads tiv.- thousand to se\en thousand 



..us. and sti-,-t< , the north-west and the soiith- 



t like a ^n-at l.acklone. as indeed they are. the Kack- 

 l...ne ..f the contin.-!/ little streams L-<;in h.-re. almost 



from a common BOUKfe The wat-rs of one find their way 

 down to the Saskatchewan and into Hudson's Bay, and the 

 other joins the Hood which the river ( 'olunioia pours into the 



