. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . eninsula andfrom Colorado, Kansas, middle and westernTexas, .Arizona and New Mexico southward:resident. The name road runner when applied to acuckoo may seem an anomaly to those whoknow only our eastern cuckoos, but in truththe road runner is anomalous in manv is distinguished by curiously marked plu-mage, the possession of a long bill and a dis-proportionally long tail. As a result of itsstrange appearance, and stranger antics, theroad runner is made the hero of many a fableAmong other wonders, it is claim
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . eninsula andfrom Colorado, Kansas, middle and westernTexas, .Arizona and New Mexico southward:resident. The name road runner when applied to acuckoo may seem an anomaly to those whoknow only our eastern cuckoos, but in truththe road runner is anomalous in manv is distinguished by curiously marked plu-mage, the possession of a long bill and a dis-proportionally long tail. As a result of itsstrange appearance, and stranger antics, theroad runner is made the hero of many a fableAmong other wonders, it is claimed that it canoutrun the swiftest horse and kill the biggestrattlesnake. It is said to accomplish the latterfeat by surrounding the reptile while asleepwith a ranqiart of cactus spines on which theenraged reptile accommodatingly impales itself. The truth is that when in a hurry this groundcuckoo can run with great speed, though as yetno official record of its best time has beenmade. Its food consists of a great variety ofharmful insects — mice, lizards, and smallsnakes. 38. ^^
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