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THE CONDOR 



Vol. XX 



Say B — , what kind of a yarn were you handing me when you said March 

 at this altitude ? When you recover, try again. ' ' 



"With ten feet of snow below your skee and as much more in the trees, 

 and the plumb-bob a foot below nothing, why not wait till June? The camp 

 birds are not the nutty ones." 



"Where have you been spending your winters since you shifted from 

 sheep and elk to egg shells? Try Florida Everglades. Who's. your specialist 



Fig. 35. Adult Rocky Mountain Jay as guest of the 



DAUGHTER OF Mr. J. D. FlGGINS, DIRECTOR OF THE COLO- 

 RADO Museum of Natural History. 



and does he hold out much hope to Mrs. B?" Etc. 



Still uncertain as to dates, I sent an experienced man to a mining camp 

 above Alma, Colorado. (See figs. 38 and 39.) From there he worked up to 

 an altitude of 11,000 feet (near timber line), seeking especially for these birds, 

 and he was on the job February 14 to 18 inclusive. I quote briefly from his 

 notes and report: "Snow drifts deep. Could get about on snowshoes only. 

 Worked from nine to eleven thousand feet altitude. Saw more or less birds 



