. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. BIEDS. 173 18 in the wooded basin below tlie chalet at Granite Park going around from tree top to tree top in search of the cones whose seeds their sharply pointed crossed bills enable them to extract with dex- terity. The metallic himp Idm^) of the crossbills was heard in a number of places—Many Glaciers, Going-to-the-Sun Camp, Black- feet Glacier Amphitheater, Waterton Lake, Eeynolds Cabin Lakes, Kootenai Pass, and Lake McDonald. On April 21, 1918, Mr. Bailey heard crossbills about
. Wild animals of Glacier National Park. The mammals. Glacier National Park (Agency : U. S. ); Mammals; Birds. BIEDS. 173 18 in the wooded basin below tlie chalet at Granite Park going around from tree top to tree top in search of the cones whose seeds their sharply pointed crossed bills enable them to extract with dex- terity. The metallic himp Idm^) of the crossbills was heard in a number of places—Many Glaciers, Going-to-the-Sun Camp, Black- feet Glacier Amphitheater, Waterton Lake, Eeynolds Cabin Lakes, Kootenai Pass, and Lake McDonald. On April 21, 1918, Mr. Bailey heard crossbills about Lewis's Hotel. In 1900, Mr. Bryant says, there were more crossbills than he has ever seen, but their numbers decreased steadily for several years afterwards. On May 30, 1895, Messrs. Bailey and Howell reported a flock of fourteen flying over the woods near Red Eagle Lake. "Wi-iiTE-wixoED Crossbill: Loxia leucoptera.—]Mr. Bryant has found the white-wing feeding j^oung, and saj^s it undoubtedly breeds at times in the park. From 1900-1902, he says, the birds were in the park in great numbers along with the common crossbill. Geat-crowxed Leucosticte: Leucosticte tephrocotis tephrocotis.—The summer home of the rare leucosticte or rosy finch is above ptar- migan slopes, among bare rocks such as the Garden Wall, and the rock piles of passes and summits where conies and marmots live; for in niches protected from the wind these hard,y birds find shelter for themselves and their young. Outside few people ever see (he delight- ful birds, for the search for them records long, hard climbs to lofty mountain peaks; but in i-™-";/J-";i=. the park, the trails over the passes leading by fio- 77. — the ptarmigan slopes take one almost to the homes of the rosy finches, and by listening for loud, raucous calls and watching for wind-blown figures around the peaks, one may occasionally be able to locate them. At Gunsight Pass, attracted by their
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