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I judged the birds testimony right he certainly is, for they 

 made a furious protest against him, As kick favored nve to- 

 day, nearby I saw that well known mountain bi-rd, the "Camp 

 robber," the Rocky Mountain Jay, but contrary to my expec- 

 tations and what I had read, they were silent and so extremely 

 shy that they would not allow a close approach. After list- 

 ening to the fine love song of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet we 

 climbed onto the summit about 3300 metres. Just as we were 

 stepping out of the pines " Charrr charnr " went a voice, I 

 turned to the south edge of the trees and there sat a somber 

 colored bird and not far away two more. First the glass was 

 brought into action and the bird watched carefully, then the 

 gun spoke and a fine specimen of Clarke's Nutcracker lay in 

 my hand. There were many of them here on the barren top 

 above timberline, but the huge snowbanks observed on my pre- 

 vious visit had all melted long ago. And how I grieved- that 

 I did not have my butterfly net along when seeing such spe- 

 cies as Papilio bairdi and Melitcea mimita. Sitting on top 

 of a huge granite boulder I looked down the precipitous wall 

 of rock and then began to descend the 700 metres to Horse 

 CTeek to get some water. How we watched the Mountain 

 Marmots, the Woodrats and Chipmunks, the Magpies and 

 Ferruginous Rough-legged Hawks, the Audubon Warblers, 

 how we searched through mountain heather and Sage brush 

 for the Sage Grouse, all in vain, how a fierce storm caught us 

 right on the mountain pass would take too long to tell. Down 

 we came. When only about 200 metres away from us right 

 at the City Sp-rings two antelopes jumped up in plain view 

 and stopped abruptly when I waved my kerchief at them, 

 then bounded nimbly away. What fabulous luck! For 20 

 years none of these beautiful animals had been seen any 

 closer to the citv than 20 miles, and here I, a mere stranger, 

 ran on to them only two miles from the city limits. I was 

 in high spirits, forgotten was the long tramp of about 65 

 kilometres, forgotten the long laborious climb of 3500 me- 

 tres, I was whistling an old cossack wa-r song in great glee. 

 Up went a flock of birds, another long chase and stealthy ap- 



