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through the national and municipal forest above and beyond 

 Manitou, where the City of Denver has recently purchased 

 5,000 acres of mountain-park lands, as a playground and 

 free resort for her citizens. It is a novel and admirable 

 idea, and the beauty of the park insures the success of the 

 foundation. 



A tour of 40 miles was accomplished, and in all that dis- 

 tance we observed only 7 wild birds, all of small size, and 

 one wild animal, — a chipmunk. In the municipal park a 

 herd of elk and a herd of buffalo have been installed in large 

 pasture ranges enclosed by wire fences. 



The following gentlemen of Denver have particularly es- 

 poused our game sanctuary cause, and are constantly work- 

 ing for its success : 



William C. Bradbury, Railway Contractor ; 



John D. Figgins, Director of the Museum of Natural 

 History ; 



James Grafton Rogers, and Roger W. Toll, Presi- 

 dent and Vice-President of the Colorado Mountains 

 Club; 



E. R. Warren, Colorado Springs, and 



W. F. Kendrick, the pheasant breeder. 



On the whole, the support of our cause by the citizens 

 of Colorado is everything that we could possibly ask; but 

 naturally we regret the opposition of one of the Senators 

 from that state, on "state rights" grounds. 



Our appeal for the saving of the sage grouse and other 

 grouse, and quail, of Colorado unfortunately bore no fruit. 

 No members of the legislature of 1917 seemed disposed to 

 take up the matter and introduce the necessary bills ; so in 

 Colorado the sage grouse chicks may be shot practically as 

 soon as they are able to fly (August 1), and the earnest 

 warning of Mr. Bradbury goes unheeded. 



