CKY MOUNTAIN LAKE 139

A BIRD MISCELLANY 149

PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS 177

RAMBLES ABOUT GEORGETOWN 197

HO! FOR GRAY'S PEAK! 223

PLEASANT OUTINGS 259

A NOTABLE QUARTETTE 285

CHECK-LIST OF COLORADO BIRDS 307

INDEX 349

ILLUSTRATIONS

FULL-PAGE PLATES

PLATE FACING PAGE

I. WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER--_Sphyrapicus
thyroideus_ _Frontispiece_

II. GREEN-TAILED TOWHEE--_Pipilo chlorurus_;
SPURRED TOWHEE--_Pipilo megalonyx_ 47

III. LAZULI BUNTING--_Cyanospiza amoena_ 83

IV. LARK BUNTING--_Calamospiza melanocorys_ 139

V. LOUISIANA TANAGER--_Pyranga ludoviciana_ 177

VI. TOWNSEND'S SOLITAIRE--_Myiadestes townsendii_ 223

VII. RUDDY DUCK--_Erismatura rubida_ 259

VIII. BROWN-CAPPED LEUCOSTICTE--_Leucosticte australis_ 303

SCENIC AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS ("Their grass-lined nests
by the babbling mountain brook") 21

TURTLE DOVES ("Darting across the turbulent stream") 44

PIPITS ("Te-cheer! te-cheer!") 50

PIPITS ("Up over the Bottomless Pit") 51

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW ("Dear Whittier") 55

RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET ("The singer elevated his crest
feathers") 65

DESERT HORNED LARKS ("They were plentiful in this parched
region") 84

HORNED LARK ("It was a dear little thing") 88

COYOTE ("Looking back to see whether he were being pursued") 100

ONE OF THE SEVEN LAKES