. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . h goklHnch-like in actions and flight, wasa black-headed, green-bodied little bird, which we mustcall the Forrer Siskin. Boh-Whlte ! rang clear and boldthrough the pines, though the birds would not allowus to aj>])roach them. There were many species of birdskeei>ing to the very tops of the tallest trees, which wereso wary that we found it imj)ossible to identify Warblers were abundant, and here they werein full sj)ring plumage, while those at lower levels,which we saw daily about our camp, Avere still clad intheir dull winter dress. But this for
. Two bird-lovers in Mexico . h goklHnch-like in actions and flight, wasa black-headed, green-bodied little bird, which we mustcall the Forrer Siskin. Boh-Whlte ! rang clear and boldthrough the pines, though the birds would not allowus to aj>])roach them. There were many species of birdskeei>ing to the very tops of the tallest trees, which wereso wary that we found it imj)ossible to identify Warblers were abundant, and here they werein full sj)ring plumage, while those at lower levels,which we saw daily about our camp, Avere still clad intheir dull winter dress. But this forest of long-leaved pines was too near thetropics to be entirely boreal in its nature, and the Thick-billed Parrot, the only species of its order which findsits way across the Rio Grande into the southwesternpart of our own country, was here tame and abundantamong the coniferous trees. It is either a very stupidbird or controlled by its curiosity, for the flocks fol- - ««^ -^oO ^ ~ :::::::::^v ALONG THE STREA:\I OF DEATH m:=. THICK-BILLED PARROT lowed us everywhere as we made our way over theshppery ground. The fatigue of walking- among thesepines was very great. The ground was carpeted withthe smooth, slippery needles, and everything, the trunksof the trees, the needles, and soon our clothes andcamera were thickly coated with the wdiite ashes fallingfrom the active volcano, whose dense outpourings ofwhite smoke were visible above the trees ahead. «4 251 ^ » ::::::::»x TWO BIRD-LOVERS IN :mexico B--- SUBSET AND IMOONLIGHT The afternoon Avas quickly passing, and we hastenedto turn our steps toward camp. We returned by ashorter route, cutting off the great bend made by thearroyo, and passing through a small village where afew Mexicans drasyfed out their lives in this isolatedregion. Poverty-stricken and ignorant, they were yethospitable and kind. Their little dobe chapel (for too poor to have a church) was ornamented withtattered and dirty ribbons, which were once b
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