of its wings and feet. It also feeds upon 

 insect life upon the shore or that which 

 :: may catch upon the surface of the 

 water, as it stands upon some stony 

 perch. 



The nest :: the Dipper is usually placed 

 in a niche of the rock slightly above the 

 stream or behind some cascade. The ma- 

 terials used vary somewhat and are usu- 

 ally such as are to be found in the imme- 

 te vicinity. It is iescribed as a cup- 

 shaped mass of grass and moss lined 

 . Iry leaves and fibers. I: is covered 

 with a dome of moss arranged in such a 

 manner as to ::mpletely cover the nest 

 except far a small opening through 



lich the bird passes in and out. The 

 moisture of the locality- keeps the ex- 

 terior of the nest green, causing it to 



look like a tuft of moss — an excellent 

 protection from enemies. 



Mr. Cooke, in "The Birds of Colo- 

 rado," says: "The American Dipper re- 

 mains near open water all the year. In 

 winter this brings it down to the foot- 

 hills and larger mountain streams, usu- 

 ally between six thousand and nine thou- 

 s a:: i fee:, but it has been noted clear 

 down to the plains. Common all winter 

 in the Canyon of the Grand River as far 

 down as Glen wood Springs, at about five 

 thousand five hundred feet, it moves back 

 into the mountains as soon as the streams 

 thaw out in April and spends the sum- 

 mer from eight thousand feet to just be- 

 low the timber-line. There is no record 

 of any nest being found lower than eight 

 rhcusar.d fee:." 



WILD CARROT. 



Queen Anne's Ruff. 



How was fashioned this white lace 



Worthy royal robe to grace? 



Truly, it is sheer enough 



To have edged a queenly ruff! 



Quality alone laid claim 



To the quaint distinguished name 



Won by this wild gipsy bloom 



Weaving on her wayside loom, 



Who this fain- web hath wrought, 



Delicate as poet's thought. 



Thread for thread and line for line 



She hath rendered the design, 



Wondrous wheel of filmy lace, 



In the pattern of her race. 



True as any eye may gauge 



To her ancient lineage 



Swerving not, for praise or blame 



We oweth this stray weed the same. 



7 ::hful still to nature's law. 



Not a slight, and not a flaw. 



"Would all workmanship were so 



In the human world we know. 



Edith H. Kixxey 



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