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Show .... ' M Nutty Natural f m History P BY HUGH HUTTOM g THE APPALACHIAN OWK TRAVELERS often catch sight of this solitary bird of prey, soaring from some lonely crag overlooking a tobacco field. It Is the chief enemy of the snipe, which Is found in abundance abun-dance along the well-frequented highways high-ways In this district When an unsus- , pecting snipe is sighted the owk dives headlong at it and carries It off in its strong talons to its . lair to cool . off. Besides the snipe the owk subsists on well-done breaded veal cutlets. The writer luckily got this picture of the owk while watching a live snipe In the process of cooling. Its head Is a single peanut and is fastened at the upper front end of a brazil nut. The wings are split almond shells and the feet split peanuts. Short pieces of toothpick are fastened to the peanuts . with chewing gum to form talons. Metropolitan Nwpper Sorvlc.l I |