San Juan Record | 1936-04-09 | Page 6 | The "Laughing Jackass"

the laughing jackass jackal strangers to australia may hear what sounds like the braying of a jackass in the woods investigation however will disclose a sissy sassy looking colorful bird on the order of the kingfisher but much larger it Is the kooLa kookaburra burra native to australia one of the brightest and most mischievous birds living it Is known as the laughing laughin jackass because of its braying note and as the settlers clock because it utters its peculiar cry regularly at dawn and at dusk it eats insects snakes and small mammals killing the larger prey by flying high with its victim in its beak and dropping it to destruction