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May, 1')12 SOME NORTIt-CENTRAL COLORADO BIRD NOTES 85 yellow pines, and the next day were in a region where the country rock was mostly gr/mite. The afternoon of the 15th we camped a couple of miles east of Log Cabin P. O., and put out some mammal traps. The following day we stayed right there, for it rained all day, and there is no fun traveling in the rain. There were 'some outfits of ?novers camped not far from us, and I have a suspicion they must have thought we were crazy from the capers we cut, but something had to be done to pass the time. Burnett's time was up the next day, and he only went with us a few miles, when we met the stage to Fort Collins, and he had to return with it, to our mutual regret. We went on past Elkhorn Post Office, and a little beyond drove down the long Pingree Hill, as it is called, a good piece of mountain road building, and reached the West Fork of the Cache la Poudre at Rustic, another post office. We turned up the river, which l*ig. 31. VIEW B?TW?N MOUI?T ZIRKI?L AND BALDY, LOOKING TOWARD uTE PASS is in rather a narrow valley or canyon here; no chance to turn out to camp, or feed the horses. [ bought some hay at Home, a little summer resort, and a couple of miles farther on we finally found a place to camp. Not that it was late, but I like to stop early when I can, so as to have an opportunity to look about, set traps, and collect. We were now really beginning to get into the mountains, to the great pleas- ure of us both, for the plains region did not specially appeal to either one of us. The road next morning became more and more wild and picturesque, and we enjoyed the fine canyon down which the river rushed and tumbled. 1 nmde much use of the camera that day. The road was rough and steep, but we reached Chambers Lake, our destination, early in the afternoon, and camped a mile or so beyond. The altitude here was 9100 feet; the hills xvere mostly covered with lodge-