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WILD ANIMALS OF GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. 



From his Stanton Lake camp Mr. Higginson wrote : " I had been 

 on the lookout for these birds all winter, but without seeing any until 

 January 29. On that day I walked out of my cabin to find the small 

 pine trees occupied by about 20. From this time on they were very 

 plentiful, and I took a number of specimens varying in plumage from 

 the 3'oung gray birds to the old dark red males. Some flocks I found 

 low down in small trees, but for the most part they Avere in the tall fir 

 trees that bordered the edge of the lake." In the fall of 1887 Dr. 

 Grinnell found the pine grosbeaks quite abundant in the mountains 

 about Eed Eagle and Cut Bank, " many singing sweetly, even during 

 snowstorms." On April 10. 1918, Mr. Bailey heard them singing at 

 Belton, and one was seen and heard, April 19, near Dutch Creek. 



Cassin Purple Finch : Carpodacwi 

 cassini. — A pair of the Cassin finches, 

 the male dull pinkish with a square 

 crimson crown patch, and the female 

 brown and streaked, were found at 

 Granite Park in the middle of July 

 singing around the chalet and pick- 

 ing up 

 horses. 



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grain spilled by the saddle 

 Doubtless the same pair were 

 seen there by Mr. H. C. Brj^ant, of Cali- 

 fornia, the last of July. 



Crossbill: Loxia curvttostra hendirei. — A large parti-colored 

 flock — some red. some yellowish, and some striped — were seen July 



From Handbook of Western Birds. 



Fig. 75. — Cassin purple lincti. 



Copyright by 11, & E. Pittman. 



Fi(j. 70. — CroysbiUs. 



