Show BIRD BIRDIS IS FAST ON ITS FEET v California Roadrunner Famous for Its Ib Custom of Sprinting g In Front of Trotting Horses A bird known as the Uie California roadrunner roadrunner road road- runner runner has ear earned ed his hits common commo 1 name from his delight del ht In sprinting along roadways especially when pursued b by horsemen horr or OF moderately st vehicles In tile the lie picturesque old da days s 's of California It was WIlS no uncommon si sl ht to see this bird running a half half- Julie mile or so in fl front of f fast t a horses Another common name anise me chaparral chaparral- cock Is given Len In allusion to his hiLs living In iii the time chaparral of the time semi The Time bird belongs wholly whon to the West Formerly h he lie ranged from the this plains of or Kansas to the chapparal- chapparal covered hills lulls of the Pacific coast t and auth fi from froni m central California to Mexico but buthe lIe He Is 15 he Ime Is rapidly becoming rare mitre built like a heron except for his hits short legs leys but unlike e that loving water birth bird chooses deserts for his home Ho lu Hohas has wings but scarcely has the tIme power to toft ft fly tho though ho he is on one of the fleetest of runners |