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l.al.itsof th. otJier I'tanuigans, and to inhabit the snowy peaks near tlie 

 mo^h of the (-oI,„nhia. as well as the loi^ Hd,es of tl'lio^k; W 



tril!I^ori:f thi ^'"^^. "'''t'^ '"•"""*''"" ■" ''^'''' '' the habits and dis- 

 o ot th.s species. It seenis to be conKned entirely to the ran^e of 



the l.ocky Mountains, and to be Ibund only au.on, their Idghest poi tfoc 

 curnng at least as far to the sonth as Cochetope I'als, in latit^ul!. " { v 



r ;;;^r P '; z ""'"t'^^' ^^^^"^- '^^^^''-"^ -- "••'-'-^ -'^ 



y r-iptain h. B. Maroy.on his march from Fort Brid-'er in Utah nr.rn«« fl,. 

 i^.cky Mountains to Santa Fe. They were met with n ^ U. ^X 

 mountains not far from Cochetope Pass. ^ 



Mr. Charles E. Aiken writes me that he has been informed that this bird 

 IS common on Snowy Kanoe, in Colorado Territory. He was in on^^l v 

 aii 01 nuner, who chumed to have met with thei birds l.^ d I"!^ thi 

 top o the range m June, that their nest, composed of leaves and " n s ! 

 placed on the gz.un.l among l,u,shes on hillsi.les ; that the e^V a fou tV, 

 m numl^r, of a hght blmsh-brown, marked and spotted .i^tZ^^lIZ 



'^^'■fi m'^'/I^"" ^^^'"- ^^''^■' •^'»"^'. 18'-') >"entions findin- anion- the 

 snow-fields ol the higher parts of the mountains of Colorado \hVo 1 



zz :; :!:r^''^'' ^^-- ^'— not m::tSh t::x 



io„ion ot s„o^^ Ihe 1 tarmigans were (luite common, and in the winter 



An egg, given to Mr. Allen as a genuine e-v" of this sivnioo w.o , i 

 Mount L,„c„„,Co,„.,,„, ., .M,, 1,1.,.,. ^^l uT7l:2^ZZ 

 l,apc. .a„d „,o,,,,.,,,, ,., „.oIl „s it, „„,,a,,oct o,„.,l.ti„„ ,x.„.,itt« it, fe," I 

 to bo c,t„„ate,l. al,o„t 1.80 inoho, ,,y 1.20 i,. b,,„,„|,. „ .,„, „1 S 2 

 ocl.,ac„„„s c,ea„.-col„,, „,„,ko.l ,vitl, s„,nll ,.o,„„,cd „,„,3 "of "I , „lt 



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