‘it flirted wings and tail, and the compact coat of feathers 
settled back into place, giving no hint of dampness. She had 
decided then that it was a young water ouzel being given a 
lesson by one of its parents, so that it might become 
acquainted with the element from which it must earn its 
food. 
This bird recitation had been watched for half an hour, 
and then the young bird had decided not to climb again to 
the rock, but, instead, to struggle half-wading, half-flying 
through the swift stream to the shore where it was greeted | 
and led out of sight by its parent teacher. | 
co The Rosy Finch, on Mount Rainier, was watched as it 
overhauled the emerald-green moss beside a snow-crowned 
pool finding luckless long-winged flying ants and small 
white butterflies which the winds and storms had carried 
to this region. The one wee youngster stood on the very 
rock against which the observer leaned and it was teasing 
with outstretched wings and squeaky tones for eo one 
more butterfly, please.” 
The parent bird, although a wane, wore a gray bonnet 
with black crown trimmed just in front with a few soft 
white feathers. The heart of the observer glowed as she 
enjoyed the bright bit of color that the sparrow-sized 
creature gave to the picture. The pink, or nearly carmine, 
edges of the plumage almost kindled a reflection on the | 
snowy background. Flocks of these birds may be met by | 
most tourists on the glaciers 7000 feet or more above the 
sea seeking, in apparent ed diane their food from the bleak 
_ ice-sheet itself. 
| On a bare island among the es of this same 
- Broadway one student met a number of White-tailed 
a Ptarmigan stalking solemnly along eying her unafraid. 
They knew that the mountain belonged to them and that 
_ visitors would soon be driven away by storms that made this 
region a safe solitary home for them so many months of 
: pe year. | | 
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