Bird-life is abundant on the Rockies. No State 

 east of the Mississippi can show as great a variety 

 as Colorado. Many species of birds well known 

 in the East are found there, though, generally, 

 they are in some way slightly modified. Most 

 Rocky Mountain birds sound their notes a trifle 

 more loudly than their Eastern relatives. Some 

 of them are a little larger, and many of them have 

 their colors slightly intensified. 



Many of the larger animals thrive on the slopes 

 of the Rockies. Deer are frequently seen. Bob- 

 cats, mountain lions, and foxes leave many records. 

 In September bears find the choke-cherry bushes 

 and, standing on their hind legs, feed eagerly 

 on the cherries, leaves, and good-sized sections of 

 the twigs. The ground-hog apparently manages 

 to live well, for he seems always fat. There is that 

 wise little fellow the coyote. He probably knows 

 more than he is given credit for knowing, and I 

 am glad to say for him that I believe he does man 

 more good than harm. He is a great destroyer of 

 meadow mice. He digs out gophers. Sometimes 

 his meal is made upon rabbits or grasshoppers, 

 and I have seen him feeding upon wild plums. 



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