. Bird-lore . f this, andalso would pick industriously at timesinto bunches of moss, getting theseeds from them. On July II, I had my greatestpiece of luck. I had gone out tolook for Ptarmigan, hoping to find anest with eggs, and was coming backalong the crest of a ridge when Isaw a little chick running a few feetin front of me, and, looking down, Isaw the old bird and more chicksalmost beside me. There were fiveyoung altogether, apparently only afew days old, as they were downy,and the quills in the wings were onlyjust beginning to show. With thisfamily I had a most interesting was no
. Bird-lore . f this, andalso would pick industriously at timesinto bunches of moss, getting theseeds from them. On July II, I had my greatestpiece of luck. I had gone out tolook for Ptarmigan, hoping to find anest with eggs, and was coming backalong the crest of a ridge when Isaw a little chick running a few feetin front of me, and, looking down, Isaw the old bird and more chicksalmost beside me. There were fiveyoung altogether, apparently only afew days old, as they were downy,and the quills in the wings were onlyjust beginning to show. With thisfamily I had a most interesting was no trouble to get pictures ofthe old bird, for she would stand stilland allow me to put the camera downon the ground two or three feet away,use the focusing cloth and focus, then change the shutter from time toinstantaneous exposures, put in the plate-holder and make the expos-ures. I secured pictures of her thus when she was covering her wholefamily, for whenever she stopped the chicks would nestle beneath her,. Copyrigh/. by E. R. Warren ADULT FEMALE PTARMIGAN IN SUMMERPLUMAGE 174 Bird- Lore wlicii I inif^ht have (■,a])liii(<l llif wlioli family by putting my li^t overlliciii. lint llit-y were iiKjsl iiKlfpciidciii little fellows and, chirping,w(jiil(l rim al)()iit vvliercver they pleasetl. It was woiKlerful to see themrun ovir the roiij^li, rocky ^^round where I found them. This was at anelevation ol about 12,000 feet imd on a ridj^e the n(jrth side of whiclibreaks off very abruptly, in many j)la(:es in |)erpendic,ular dills. OnceI saw a youii}^ one fall fully seven feet d(jwn amon^ the rocks, rollingover and over. It di<l not seim to be at all hurt or it SLO])|)(,-d falling it ;it once started back up the hill and in aminute or two was with its mother; she had seen the fall, but hadmanifested no alarm. The birds were feeding on the seeds of suchgrass and ])lants as grow at that altitude, a si)ecies of moss being,seemingly, an especial favorite with the
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