. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. 138 WILD ANIMALS OT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. ti'iiil on successive days three broods whirred up from almost under the feet of the first horse, making him shj' and jump as if lie had surprised a bear. One of the first brood, instead of flushing, stood by his guns, trusting instinctively to his protective coloration and atti- tudes. Drawn up thin and tall in unbirdlike form, the little brown fledgling stood on a branch close to the trail looking greatly scared as we passed. When the secon
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. 138 WILD ANIMALS OT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK. ti'iiil on successive days three broods whirred up from almost under the feet of the first horse, making him shj' and jump as if lie had surprised a bear. One of the first brood, instead of flushing, stood by his guns, trusting instinctively to his protective coloration and atti- tudes. Drawn up thin and tall in unbirdlike form, the little brown fledgling stood on a branch close to the trail looking greatly scared as we passed. When the second brood sprang up from before us, one of them calmly took his stand down the road right in the way of the prancing Iiorse—a cocky little half-grown grouse with small crest up, ruffs spread, and short tail flashing—sword drawn across our path! As we rode down on him he flew to his brothers in the Photograph by E. II. Warren. Fig. 43.—Fciiinlc iit;ii'jin,:^;in in smiinier. but a flicking fan tail that we caught bight of may have been his, venting his last bravado. As we sat on our horses listening to the low conversational notes of the brood, their mother, showing her adult tail band, gave a low purring call and led them off—she would take no more chances with her adventurous spirits! The third family which we surprised near the Canadian boundary line had no bold knight errant to stay us, and tlie mother, crouching low in decoy, ran off on one side of the road while the brood dispersed on the other. Two days later an old cock, disturbed when dusting himself, stood his ground valorously. To be sure he had lost his tail, but he spread his black epaulettes with great effect as he strutted off through the lodgejuole Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Nation
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