Show BIRD IS FAST ON ITS FEET California Roadrunner Famous for Its Custom of Sprinting In Front of Trotting Horses A bird known as the tho California roadrunner roadrunner road road- runner has earned his common name from his delight In sprinting along roadways especially when pursued by horsemen or moderately slow slow going going vehicles In the picturesque old days of California It was no uncommon sight to see this bird running a half half- mile or so In front of ot trotting fast horses Another common name chaparral- chaparral cock coele Is given In allusion to his living In the chaparral of the semi The bird belongs wholly to the West Formerly h he ranged from tho the pin plains Ins of Kansas to tho the chapparal- chapparal covered ered hills of tho the Pacific coast and from central California to Mexico l but buthe buthe buthe he Is rapidly becoming rare no lIe Is built like Uke a heron beron except for his short legs but unlike that water-loving water bird chooses deserts for his home He has wings Ings but scarcely has bas the power to fly though ho he Is one of tho the fleetest of runners |