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Show I'.ure Htrd tapfuraH. j Thoiisund of migrating birda' wera pawiing over Cedar Rapid, la., when ; they enwiHitcrud a terrible rain and ! thunder storm, and, attracted by the electrio lights, gathered about them on the street and attempt'! to fly into tho atoms. A a consequence, over I.0WI birds felldeail in the streets from coming in contact with tin? wire and g's fronts. A great majority of the birds do not inhabit tho region, and union very rare xptcinien were captured alivo and cagl. Among them w.-w a r'.-d jk.II warbler, one of the rarest bird in thu , United Stat'-. This bird nests in Matii- ' toba and Alaska in the 'irnriier, ajid in tho winter gwi as far aontb tho "r- : ibbean w. Over fifty different iqieciea j were found. |