. Birds of the Rockies . eel certain was Lincolns sparrow ; these,with a large marsh-harrier and a colony of clifF-swal-lows, completed my bird catalogue at this place. Itmay not be amiss to add that several jack-rabbits wentskipping over the swells; that many families of prairiedogs were visited, and that a coyotte galloped lightlyacross the plain, stopping and looking back occasionallyto see whether he were being pursued. It was no difficult task to study the birds on theplain. Having few hiding-places in a locality almost des- 100 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES titute of trees and bushes, where even
. Birds of the Rockies . eel certain was Lincolns sparrow ; these,with a large marsh-harrier and a colony of clifF-swal-lows, completed my bird catalogue at this place. Itmay not be amiss to add that several jack-rabbits wentskipping over the swells; that many families of prairiedogs were visited, and that a coyotte galloped lightlyacross the plain, stopping and looking back occasionallyto see whether he were being pursued. It was no difficult task to study the birds on theplain. Having few hiding-places in a locality almost des- 100 BIRDS OF THE ROCKIES titute of trees and bushes, where even the grass was tooshort to afford a covert, they naturally felt little fear ofman, and hence were easily approached. Their cousinsresiding in the mountains were, as a rule, provokinglywary. The number of birds that had pre-empted home-steads on the treeless wastes was indeed a gratifyingsurprise, and I Avent back to the mountains refreshedby the pleasant change my brief --^ excursion upon the plains had afforded ___^, Coyottc Lookincj bach to see jvhether he were being pursued A PRETTY HUMMER
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