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 198 THE CONDOR Vol. XX "Say B--, what kind of a yarn were you handing me when you said March at this altitude  When you recover, try again." "With ten feet of snow below your skee and as much more in the trees, and the plumb-bob a foot below nothing, why not wait till June. The camp birds are not the nutty ones." "Where have you been spending your winter since you shifted from sheep and elk to egg shells . Try Florida Everglades. Who's you specialist Fig. 35. ADULT ROCKY MOUNTAIN JAY AS GUEST OF THE DAUGHTER OF MR. $. D. FIGGINS, DIRECTOR OF THE COLO- RADO MUSEUM OF NATURAL HI,STORY. and does he hold out much hope to Mrs. B ." Etc. Still uncertain as to dates, I sent an experienced man to a mining camp above Alma, Colorado. (See figs. 38 and 39.) From there he worked up to an altitude of 11,000 feet (near timber line), seeking especially for these birds, and he was on the job February 14 to 18 inclusive. I quote briefly from his notes and report: "Snow drifts deep. Could get about on snowshoes only. Worked from nine to eleven thousand feet altitude. Saw more or less birds