Part 2

INDEX 349

ILLUSTRATIONS

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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 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