Southern California; . This apology for a head ,3-. (^ TiKU.^,., T\.ii lion. Visitors sometimes ask the boy who shows themabout if he cannot make one of the birds roar, when heinvariably inquires in his shrill voice whether his inter-locutor ever tried to make a rooster same boy frequently amuses visitorsby going into the pens with the big malebirds and teasing them until they kick athim, riding on their backs, and showingoff his pets in various ways. The body of the male bird is glossyblack with plumes of white in the wingsand tail, and the wonder is that anythingso lovely can sprin
Southern California; . This apology for a head ,3-. (^ TiKU.^,., T\.ii lion. Visitors sometimes ask the boy who shows themabout if he cannot make one of the birds roar, when heinvariably inquires in his shrill voice whether his inter-locutor ever tried to make a rooster same boy frequently amuses visitorsby going into the pens with the big malebirds and teasing them until they kick athim, riding on their backs, and showingoff his pets in various ways. The body of the male bird is glossyblack with plumes of white in the wingsand tail, and the wonder is that anythingso lovely can spring from so ugly a females and young are brown andgray, the latter more or less mottled ; buteven at the most callow age theyhave a mouth like a crocodile — ithardly seems like a beak, so flattened,broad and dull it is. Stand besidethe fence with an orange in yourhand and one of these great birds willcome stepping up to you with aselegant and dainty an air as a finelady in satin about to be presented ata court ball. There is somethingextr
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