THE ROAD-RUNNER. 



IS name describes his character. 

 And he has several other names, 

 which describe him equally as 

 well as " road-runner." He is 

 called ground-cuckoo, chaparral- 

 cock, and snake-killer. He will 

 answer to either name if you have the luck to find 

 him at home in some desolate arroyo through 

 which a narrow road winds among the stones and 

 cacti. 



Probably the bird will see you before you catch 

 sight of it, and take to its legs. You think you 

 will catch up with it, and you will run at the top 

 of your speed. As well try to overtake an ostrich. 

 Were you on a good saddle-horse, you would make 

 little better pace. As it runs on ahead of you, the 



strange bird keeps a keen 

 eye behind him. Nature 

 has left a spot bare of feath- 

 ers all around the road- 

 runner's eyes on purpose 

 that it may see behind it. 



REFEREXCE TOPICS. 



How arroyos 



formed. 

 Habits of lizards, 



where they live. 

 How ostriches run. 



and 



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