Birds of the Rockies

by Leander S. Keyser

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• [Williamson's Sapsucker]—Sphyrapicus thyroideus [Frontispiece]
• [Green-tailed Towhee]—Pipilo chlorurus; Spurred Towhee—Pipilo megalonyx [47]
• [Lazuli Bunting]—Cyanospiza amœna [83]
• [Lark Bunting]—Calamospiza melanocorys [139]
• [Louisiana Tanager]—Pyranga ludoviciana [177]
• [Townsend's Solitaire]—Myiadestes townsendii [223]
• [Ruddy Duck]—Erismatura rubida [259]
• [Brown-capped Leucosticte]—Leucosticte australis [303]

SCENIC AND TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS

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• [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] [105]
• [Summit of Pike's Peak] [111]
• "[Pike's Peak in Cloudland]" [114]
• [Cliff-Swallows] ("On the rugged face of a cliff") [118]
• [Royal Gorge] [123]
• [Pine Siskins] [128]
• [Willow Thrush] [136]
• [Brewer's Blackbirds] ("An interesting place for bird study") [139]
• [Yellow-Headed Blackbirds] ("There the youngsters perched") [142]
• "[From their place among the reeds]" [146]
• [The Rocky Mountain Jay] ("Seeking a covert in the dense pineries when a storm sweeps down from the mountains") [152]
• [Rainbow Falls] [165]
• [Water-Ousel] ("Up, up, only a few inches from the dashing current") [167]
• [Water-Ousel] ("Three hungry mouths which were opened wide to receive the food") [171]
• "[No snowstorm can discourage him]" [174]
• "[The dark doorway]" [179]
• [Song Sparrow] ("His songs are bubbling over still with melody and glee") [194]
• [Clear Creek Valley] [201]
• [Western Robin] ("Out-pouring joy") [207]
• [Red-Naped Sapsuckers] ("Chiselling grubs out of the bark") [211]
• [Pigeon Hawk] ("Watching for quarry") [214]
• "[Solo singing in the thrush realm]" [218]
• [Gray's and Torrey's Peaks] [245]
• [Panorama from Gray's Peak—Northwest] [249]
• [Thistle Butterfly] [252]
• [Western White] [252]
• [Junco] ("Under a roof of green grass") [255]
• [South Park from Kenosha Hill] [265]
• [Magpie and Western Robins] ("They were hot on his trail") [271]
• [Violet-green Swallow] ("Squatted on the dusty road and took a sun-bath") [279]

"'What bird is that? Its song is good,'

And eager eyes

Go peering through the dusky wood

In glad surprise;

Then late at night when by his fire