. Denizens of the desert; a book of southwestern mammals, birds, and reptiles, by Edmund C. Jaeger .. . THE DESERT hour or two. This bom gamester has beenfound time and again sportively pursuing theends of surveyors chains as they were draggedalong by the linemen, or seen on golf groundsrunning down stray-driven balls with theeagerness of a playful dog. Byron said of that sagacious and celebratedwit, Richard Sheridan: Nature formed but one such man And broke the die in moulding Sheridan. If we like to phrase it so, we may surely saywith equal aptness concerning the road-runner: Nature formed b
. Denizens of the desert; a book of southwestern mammals, birds, and reptiles, by Edmund C. Jaeger .. . THE DESERT hour or two. This bom gamester has beenfound time and again sportively pursuing theends of surveyors chains as they were draggedalong by the linemen, or seen on golf groundsrunning down stray-driven balls with theeagerness of a playful dog. Byron said of that sagacious and celebratedwit, Richard Sheridan: Nature formed but one such man And broke the die in moulding Sheridan. If we like to phrase it so, we may surely saywith equal aptness concerning the road-runner: Nature formed but one such birdAnd broke the die in moulding him. Yes, he is the one bird you never mistake forany other. The bristle-tipped topknot which heraises and lowers at will, the reptilian-like facewith its deep-slit mouth, and the long tail whichso unmistakably registers his emotions, makehim a bird of most singular appearance. The road-runners speckled coat of feathersis a patchwork of varied colors. The feathers ofthe head and neck are dark steel-blue, of theupper parts of the body, bronzy or coppery. TRACKS OF A ROAD-RUNNER
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