. Bird-lore . Fig. 6. The liouhle spur of the The Weapons of Birds 185 Last and largest of the spur-winged birds are the South AmericanScreamers, Chauna and Anhima, and these not only have the longest,strongest and sharpest spurs of all birds, but they have a second smallerspur on the lower part of the metacarpus (Fig. 6). The large spur isslightly flattened on the side next the body as well as gently curved, form-ing a formidable-looking weapon about an inch and a quarter long andseemingly capable of being driven quite through a mans hand by a wing-stroke of so large a bird as the Sc
. Bird-lore . Fig. 6. The liouhle spur of the The Weapons of Birds 185 Last and largest of the spur-winged birds are the South AmericanScreamers, Chauna and Anhima, and these not only have the longest,strongest and sharpest spurs of all birds, but they have a second smallerspur on the lower part of the metacarpus (Fig. 6). The large spur isslightly flattened on the side next the body as well as gently curved, form-ing a formidable-looking weapon about an inch and a quarter long andseemingly capable of being driven quite through a mans hand by a wing-stroke of so large a bird as the Screamer. And yet, according to , this bird is preeminently a bird of peace and dwells in peace amidlarge numbers of its fellows, so perhaps its arms are, as they should be,merely a warning to would-be enemies and not a menace to its Wlim. ) IlARMKJAN IN WIMKR lhi>lcii:raptiril trurn iialiirr. I>y t. R. Wurrrri. Hutlr. Ci)li) Whiskey John in Colorado BY EDWARD R. WARREN. CRESTED BUTTE. COLORAD<J Willi phi)tci;;raphs froTii iiuliirr by the :nilhor F you ask a western man whether he is acquainted with WhiskeyJohn or Whiskey Jack, he will most likely say. No; neverheard of him. Ask him ahout Camp Robbers, and he will sayYes if he lives in the mountains of Colorado, for the birddoes not, as a rule, come much below feet. He livesmostly in the heavy spruce timber and at once makes himselfat home about your camp or cabin, as Mrs. Hardy so vividlydescribed in Hird-Lore for August, igo2. Breeding while the snow is deep in the timber, no one ever sees theirnests. Ornithologists are scarce in the mountains, and I imagine it wouldbe quite a task to find the nest in the thickly branched trees. I have seenyoung just out of the nest in the middle of Ma\, when there was still three KA
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