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chickadee note was identical, and so were their appearance, size and habits 
so far as I could see (no specimens were collected), and this one is also 
identified as the plumbeous. 
For five days I was the guest of Ernest Greenwalt, the manager of the 
refuge. We were over practically all the roads and each day walked up 
one or two canyons, usually to the top. The highest mountain, Scott, is only 
2,400 feet above sea level, and of course less than that from where we 
started, so these trips were not very difficult. The refuge is a piece of the 
old West. The mountains are said to be the oldest in the United States, and 
have been eroded down to rounded, lichen-covered rocks. The stream bottoms 
and the slopes are covered with trees of rather small average size, and 
between them are prairies covered with buffalo and other grasses. The only 
remaining herd of longhorn cattle is there; also several herds of bison, 
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Longhorn, a survivor from the old range 
among which could already be seen tiny yellow calves clinging comically 
close to their mothers. They were as tame as domestic cattle. Deer were 
plentiful but not so approachable. Elk were still up on the slopes, or some- 
times on the skyline, posing beautifully. One day I saw five out of six elk 
swim across an arm of a small lake, not seeming to mind the cold waiter. 
One of the best thrills we had was a race with twelve antelope running 
parallel with us in order to cross the road ahead. I was told that they 
usually did this. They bounded along easily at 25 miles per hour, so we 
went to 30 and they let out that much more by lengthening their stride. 
We then had to quit the race as the road was very rough, and they crossed 
ahead of us. I should have liked to see just how fast they would go if 
pushed. I dare say they would do better if chased by a coyote, one of which 
