Two fawns were nursing. When finished they lay down a few yards away. There were two other does and a yearling nearby. The mother of the fawns followed one of the does to chase it away. After feeding in the vicinity of the fawns, the mother and the two does and yearling lay down near the top of the ridge about 150 yards from the fawns.

The mother approached the two fawns which had been lying about 30 yards apart, and they both nursed at once for about a minute.

The two fawns lay down 25 yards from where they had nursed and the mother fed slowly up the slope.

The mother went over the ridge out of sight of the fawns.

She came in sight, and lay down near the top of the ridge from where she could see the fawns 150 yards below.

She began to feed, always in sight of her fawns.

The two fawns, lying 5 yards apart, rose, and the mother, who was 35 yards away, approached them. The fawns nursed together, one for 1 minute, the other for 1-1/2 minutes. A few minutes later they both nursed again briefly. The mother spent some time licking them between the hind legs.

The fawns lay down; the mother moved up the hill.

The mother stood on top of the ridge peering down the other side.

She lay down on top of the ridge 150 yards above the fawns and in view of them.

She commenced to feed. Two heavy does and a yearling wandered near the fawns.

A third doe wandered near where the fawns lay.

The mother went over the ridge out of view.

She reappeared on the horizon and looked toward her fawns at intervals while feeding.

She moved out of sight of the fawns, but returned in a few minutes. For the next 50 minutes she fed back and forth across the slope in the general direction of her fawns.

She approached the fawns and both nursed together. Dusk prevented further observations.

The two does, along with a third doe which appeared heavy, were feeding on a ridge.

Four grazing elk cows appeared on the slope. They, as well as the three antelope, peered up the slope at two elk calves, one of which had stood up. One of the antelope approached within about 20 yards of the calves, and one of the elk to within about 40 yards of them. The calf lay down and the antelope and elk began to feed. Three jackrabbits playing around two large boulders attracted the attention of the elk and antelope. The three antelope approached within 50 yards of the hares and the elk approached almost as near. The antelope disappeared over the ridge, along the crest of which they had been feeding. The elk grazed down the slope.

An antelope fawn cried out and leaped away from the feet of one of the cow elk; the cow was startled and jumped to one side. I could not determine whether the fawn had been trampled. The fawn ran out of sight 200 yards away near the base of and around the ridge over which the three does had disappeared, but probably too low to be seen by them.

The elk went out of sight.

The three does reappeared on the ridge at the place where they had gone out of sight. One of them was followed by two fawns and another by a singleton. All three fawns nursed. One of the fawns, after nursing from one doe, walked over to try the other and was gently butted away. After the three fawns had frolicked together about 4 minutes they lay down. One, rising to follow its mother, lay down when she turned abruptly and faced it. This fawn changed its resting place two or three times, moving only a few yards each time.

The doe with the single young came down the slope to the spot where the elk had startled a fawn. The doe smelled of the place and followed in the direction the fawn had taken for about 30 yards; it then turned down the hill and walked aimlessly here and there for about 25 minutes, bleating at intervals the whole time. She seemed to be searching for the fawn that had run away.

After returning again to the spot where the fawn had lain the doe walked up to her other offspring and lay down about 50 yards away from it. During this time the other two does had been resting a short distance above the three fawns.

All three does were feeding. An elk calf stood up and attracted the notice of one of the does 75 yards below.

Two of the does were resting 50 yards above the fawns, and the other was feeding. Then for 10 minutes the doe that had last fed searched for the lost fawn, going twice to where it had lain.

The two does fed their fawns, each fawn nursing about 1 minute. Before feeding started one fawn came 10 yards to meet a doe, which shied away after smelling noses with it and walked up to one of her own offspring. After she had fed this fawn, she walked toward the other one, which got up when she was 30 yards away and came to meet her. These two fawns scampered and played and then ran down the slope together. The fawn that had smelled noses with the strange doe was approached by its own mother and nursed. This doe then searched for the lost one, returning again and again to where it had lain.

The lone fawn lay down,

The twin fawns lay down 35 yards from their mother. One of these in a few minutes got up to meet the other doe, then trotted 30 yards down the hill where it lay beside a rock. The doe smelled of this fawn, then returned to search for her lost one, crying at intervals. The bleat could be heard plainly 100 yards away. The mother of the two fawns fed about 140 yards away from them but remained in their sight.

The mother in search of her fawn went over the ridge in the direction in which it had disappeared.

The mother of the twins lay down 130 yards from them.

The mother returned to the slope from over the ridge and examined the spot where the lost fawn had lain.

One of the twins rose and followed the mother of the lone fawn as it wandered past; it then ran off 30 yards and lay down. This time the doe did not smell of it.

The mother of the lost fawn, after feeding in the flat, lay down.

The mother of the twins began to feed.

The mother of the lost fawn walked below the spot where it had been lying, and then looked over the ridge where it had disappeared.

Both mothers were resting within 100 yards of their fawns.

The doe again examined the spot where the lost fawn had been lying.

One of the fawns was seen looking around as it rested.

The two mothers were out of sight of the resting fawns for a few minutes a heavy doe and a yearling had wandered near.

The two mothers and another doe romped a few minutes; one of the does ran about 150 yards in a big circle.

The mother of the lost fawn returned to sight after searching over the ridge for a few minutes. The other mother fed out of sight over the ridge.

. A yearling cautiously approached within 6 feet of one of the fawns and then shied off. A pregnant doe did likewise but actually smelled of the fawn before wheeling away. The mother of twins came in sight of them again, after being out of their sight 10 minutes.

The mother of the lost one was bleating while she searched for her fawn. (There is some possibility that the "lost fawn" was the one which followed the mother over the ridge at noon but the behavior of the mother would indicate that the fawn was actually missing.)