Show A GREAT HUNTER mrs kerrs latest expedition Is in quest of a rare flare bird M 1 1 m YN tn I 1 it CISCO hue has been kmen ta D the starting tart lne i for many 0 and 0 t parties bound an ri for 01 ailous 1011 parts of t the on in nil in i inner of pe cullar quests but one of particular note to those interested in natural ills tor for or in unusual for botnen Is 1 now nos belne bein planned 41 here in ill alic tropic fi Is I 1 a mond wonderful erful gibat bird nearly near 0 nix feet all tall mid arid lah alth gli ft ith the marimus shen of bitin i fills bird ie Is rare so rare that een elen natural naturi il lisetor fails ot fiat but bilt I 1 atle 18 of it iest it scientific name and aimin it Is I 1 is fir ig the liale not got Is but it id is commonly tailed allot the ft jabiru n which title fill 1 hard to talc mirl hir huely asly ns ass it mounds almost like it joke on oil the bird or part of a conatse io nAtse rime so far as is I 1 known not one of the lite ie Is to be found in n an nw indis gustum mil lit n hie the horld and arid it I 1 Is principal principally tn to bilu specimen of thy the now bird that mrs 13 D L I 1 kerr I 1 ii foun to iii the ill expedition abich m well wl 1 I I 1 0 o to cintel met ta to and the united of colombia arn kerr ha his libed in be the tropic tro for nearly benty eara ears and has dote deli 7 most of her tinie little to the study ant loi lOr of birds and round found here thre bling a naturalist of no small knowledge knowl edRe ic it I 1 a momin of remarkable kahle kable condrige conr ani tint endurance her iler hustind ie in a mining engineer his life work nork leading alm far from the tile paths of civil bation and on all nil of ol 01 ills travel be lie his 1 bien ben alcoin panted by b mr mrs kerr ft ho hae halt thus had tinel opportunities for C i floring territory little known to allete allots hie jabiru lit 1 sy no means a barn yard fowl eren even there mrs kerr hav bay ing 1 seen in all jilt the time vaa trae ing not cuore than a dozen of thoin und and ill lit out of the ft ay ity places always she in 1 nil shot and arid has fillol fil a or six of tren tf ensures of lie the nir air but haa has neer neier been wilt u tj tile he ae its she be hid not me tut materiale materials nath ft lur the first elie she eer eier ski gaft n van a s u bile clie she nis ft ie hunting egrets in I 1 guatemala Suat emala mie she her husband acro ucro ft camped on nil tilt lland wand in lit n anigil 1 delta formed by the union of ano rivers and elic she alent ent out alone ft ath ber her pun gull a ebo bile was standing by a little pool she was startled bs b the appearance overhead of a huge ft NN bite I 1 llna ird A h ich dhe phe lit tit onie one nos boi something bom ething new and strange to for er the wings of jbv th jabiri liau bau in unusual stretch the tile end feathera feathers alone being 1 at nt helst twenty four inches loni lang ind lad it flies west mith remarkable swift nes t a it cime elm near clr virt cliot it nn nil I 1 it fell N ith a mighty dipping and in ir tile sli alloi ft iter allo 1110 I 1 oil to her upon in lon mra lira korr jerr siw that it uns a but of a arlecy to ler 1 the bent best inon aie ate the Austn Aust ilni species but thase american berls velch M aich are found from front mexico sauth to patagonia are more imposing and beautiful being at leist a third birger and of 1 he futrall Vu kutt trall rallin in jabiru I 1 Is ft biti but alth with a hire binck black head the neck and lags ohp lower lovier halt of the and anti tall being a alny black also 1 a 1 I he lie one to I 1 e seart hed for by this expedition has tho the bare bead head tin annl I 1 neck but the tile A bathers arc are nil all ft bite and of if a n peculiarly shining turner ing A VI arance the ION lofta t r third thiril of tha Is cohered nith ft ath coral luied lived Matt matthei lei ahing a of bril brilliant IlAnt color ro to the hupe huge bird rhe massile beak wirl a foot long and slightly upturned Is I 1 black and polished like eben tile jaberu ie Is exceedingly sli tbs all ani I 1 difficult of approach only districts and building its nest in lit the tope tops of the tallest trees it belongs to tile adini beloff a member of the crane family and alies entirely on oil fish in eight pent spent in guatemala lira kerr saw but one other besides tint tivit one ehe she hot shot but in the animas aft imps on the shores of the ulf of acoya on the coast O 0 of cota ilton phi found at one timo time and nn nil other nearly a dozen ard killed me general era I 1 NN ben mr neffs expedition ROP goes to the th tropic her knowledge knon ledge as to the ex act locality chere ft here the bird birda may way bo to found will be ut value she honeg to secure and und mount fine specimens for si s iceal i bial jim mu aunie it ie Is not alone foi the jabiru that the expedition elpe ie Is being arranged sir mrs kerr 1 arr says that central merica is an nit unexplored treasure land for natural ests iste belag belu the melting pince place to the northern and anti southern and unit wising much of the animal and vegetable lege table life of both I 1 in campara leveir little known too fix except pu the beaten path paths and there are many won der tiers that are yet to I 1 e oil 04 jolted lolled mem meni I 1 ere ors of the strange of tapir re there and mrs kerr has teen seen and killia them in costa alica at tit one time mr ire kerr ched some distance dl tance from any town her husband belne superintendent of n mine and it nos ft as there that she he sur site ceedee in killing it large 1 tapir or dana ne as they are tailed called by b the nathies mire 1 kerr err eald said my passion Is bunting hunting and anti as I 1 led a fiat isolated eo life lite there I 1 wa wae always looking out for some ad tentie of that klod kind the native boy boys knew of his this loo end and one day cane came to me m in creat great excitement inith ith a it talc tale of 0 the th track ol 01 a it iery pry large danta aich bey they had dis on the mountain I 1 went out alone as a I 1 ali ays do tm efto 0 make too much nole and I 1 never devel 11 auy any 0 the boy to go a ij with ilith antl on that flat ALCO on a hh high woun talu about three nillon from the bonne bouso I 1 cain on oil the trill which tho had detri bed to me and found that it was mas indeed a lint specimen of the ani out bial mal bulging by b the slit ot of the tracks after follow ini HIL till trull trail for about two hour hours over mountains and through swamp and arid kelo I 1 time on the danta danto lying lawn on a slight eina elna lion tion war near a ecamp which wa evident ly ite its abiding place altu it was 88 a auns unit ore which probably made the animal floret hie cinta will nill it frighten d run I 1 lut ut if broucht to bay will lilt illet to a trampling its achin to drath 1 ith its antei after knocking him jilin down don n with a rush a soon as this die ile ba s tuf top it line for ne ine making malting a noise like a hud of horem but utter in ing no sound I 1 bad had A shotgun loaded ith ball bal I 1 halted until the danta was nathin thirty ctet ot of tue iu and then 1 it wan nason to once as s they are eagy easy to kill if the hot shot KOCH goes into the kift part oi oc the neck be bind bina tle the ear the danta fell dead tend a few feet from me and th little one ran mt ay ind made its escape in the woods before I 1 could ret get it I 1 never a attempted d to do an all thing with so 40 large an animal but v ment ent hoine home and sent the catl naffie e boys to B gt t it ahey vie are very fond of the fitch Is coarse and black something like bear meat ineat when fresh and all the lie natives at the mine ind hid a enit en it feaby lint that night of the app arance and habits 0 of the animal sir mrs 1 err sa a ahse cintas 4 hicl an art about the of a two year id lit ro or four and a half feet high are not bronn brof like the smaller uric arle mis its but blik hl uk with a skin like a pis pig nl tit covered ditl hair hairs rhe badi n th hit it of a hippopotamus and ill he lead lend la Is somewhat like that of an cle pliant I icing alii an nil abbreviated trunk it delights in swampy but docs not sleep thiro choosy 1 ig alas it dry spot near ly ty it lle on oil herbage and fruits uch inch ne as binate a mild tig fig and he the gilld lid plantain if these two valuable val additions to the tile world of natural jin science sc levec can be secured in central america mrs kerr will not feel reel that hei hot trip hue bus beai in vain but ehe site Is also d tit ri ie is of taking the mem mein here of her purt whom will be an expert taxed rolt to south america where here she will ill show them thein wonders in lit the united states of colombia aar up tip into the cinta marta mountains will mr 1 err fold her little band bond and there on oil the lodo tit dil I 1 ahe or anke of rigs Is 1 to be Lap I 1 th tb a alerce species Ip eclea of the andor a As large as an amerian Itil culture ture and anti about the same c aloi rulif ihly y arc are strangely equipped equip pd i irs on their wing at he file shoulder nd ml the first joints and when lien moundie will fight ferociously 1 hen lien the L alzo of the birds ie Is ongie ered erm and ana the fait fact tint lilt muse i purs ire about four inches long and extremely it may be readily real zed that they are a som somewhat formidable foe aiom here her mrs nome expedition will ill go b by thil to some P point 0 lilt on oil the masti wistern ra of central amerle i thero tl e will get horses and burros procure int Im an nil guide familiar with the wilds of the interior and disappear from the haunts of civilization ban I 1 rau fraucisco cisco chronicle |