Birds of the Rockies
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Plate I Williamson's Sapsucker Sphyrapicus thyroideus (Figure on left, male; on right, female)
By LEANDER S. KEYSER
AUTHOR OF IN BIRD LAND, ETC.
With Eight Full-page Plates (four in color) by Louis Agassiz Fuertes; Many Illustrations in the Text by Bruce Horsfall, and Eight Views of Localities from Photographs
WITH A COMPLETE CHECK-LIST OF COLORADO BIRDS
CHICAGO · A. C. McCLURG AND CO. NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO
Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1902
Published September 27, 1902
TO KATHERINE AND THE BOYS
IN MEMORY OF MANY HAPPY DAYS BOTH INDOORS AND OUT
Leander S. Keyser
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
SCENIC AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS
BRIEF FOREWORD
UP AND DOWN THE HEIGHTS
INTRODUCTION TO SOME SPECIES
BALD PEAKS AND GREEN VALES
BIRDS OF THE ARID PLAIN
A PRETTY HUMMER
OVER THE DIVIDE AND BACK
A ROCKY MOUNTAIN LAKE
A BIRD MISCELLANY
PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS
RAMBLES ABOUT GEORGETOWN
HO! FOR GRAY'S PEAK!
PLEASANT OUTINGS
A NOTABLE QUARTETTE
CHECK-LIST OF COLORADO BIRDS
INDEX
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