. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . on the north shore of Kinthi Lake. The Fra-nklin is found mainly,Mr. Gibb says, in the timber along the principal streams, such asthe north fork of Kennedy Creek, and Dr. Grinnell says they livein the thickest timber, in damp, cool situations. In winter they aresaid to stay up in the spruces and pines and live entirely on theleaves of the conifers. A brood of three half-grown butfy-breasted and tailless youngwere seen in the Waterton Valley about the middle of Aiigust, wan-dering around enjoying t
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals, with notes on physiography and life zones . on the north shore of Kinthi Lake. The Fra-nklin is found mainly,Mr. Gibb says, in the timber along the principal streams, such asthe north fork of Kennedy Creek, and Dr. Grinnell says they livein the thickest timber, in damp, cool situations. In winter they aresaid to stay up in the spruces and pines and live entirely on theleaves of the conifers. A brood of three half-grown butfy-breasted and tailless youngwere seen in the Waterton Valley about the middle of Aiigust, wan-dering around enjoying themselves in deep, soft-carpeted woods ofspruce and fir, where they jumped up to pick black honeysuckleberries from the lowbuslies, or answered their mothers call to comeand eat thinibleberries. One of them, which flew up on a branch, also Wild Animals Glacier Park. PLATE From Bureau of Lliological Survey. RUFFED GROUSE. BIRDS. 137 passed the time eating fir needles. When surprised by our appear-ance the little fellows ran crouching down the trail showing a keenhiding instinct, but their mother had little sense of danger. Whenthe young were approached she merely turned her head over andcalled mildly in soft remonstrance. She was the genuine fool hen ofMontana, we were told, whom the Flatheads and the mountainIndians never kill except when in great need of food, as the birdsare so tame they can be snared at will, without ammunition; as theIndians say, with string from a moccasin. The same brood, we supposed, was met Avith a few days later onthe same trail. One of the young was in the trail and the motherwas sitting on a log when we came up, but on seeing us she calledthe little ones into the bushes. When driven out for a better viewshe climbed a bank adorned with bear grass, dwarf brake, and linnaeacarpet, and, stopping under a long drooping spray of St
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