The Dawson Leuco 



Taken in Mono County 



SUNRISE LEDGE CAMP OF LEUCO NESTERS. 1919 



'THERE IS BARELY ROOM ON THIS ROCKY SHELF FOR TWO PERSONS TO LIE DOWN" 



Photo by the Author 



loudly from vantage points; and as often as one of them discovers a female, 

 presumably unengaged, he darts down into her neighborhood, then sidles 

 over to her, hat in hand, so to speak, and pours forth a strident flood of 

 amorous professions. The antics in which one of these hot-hearted 

 bachelors engages are lush beyond description. If the lady will endure 

 his presence at all, the male fairly perspires adoration. His wings quiver 

 and his whole frame trembles. He turns about, slowly, in order that his 

 enamorata may see how his every feather is engulfed ; or if he pauses, he 

 puts up a wing affectedly, as though to shield himself from the lady's 

 overpowering glances. If the lady is cold — cold, but not impossible — in the 

 very extremity of despair the smitten one procures a wisp of straw, seizing 

 it by the middle, and bearing it about like a huge moustachio, the while his 

 eloquent pleas are pouring forth. By this act, of course, he signifies that 

 he speaks of conjugal affection. The lady must be won to a sense of 

 responsibility. The days are long but the snows are melting. "Oh, will 

 you? won't you? say, why don't you cast your lot with mine?" 



These advances have various denouements. If the female is indeed 



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