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The Mystic Philly-Loo Birdtuear Editor: Can you tell me something of a bird called the philly-loo, a member of the grampus family, which flies backwards and upside-down to keep the wind out of its eyes? It is possible to catch a phiIJy-loo, if so how?— H. R. MFIf the Unnatural History Department of “Comment and Then Some0 is being betrayed by some, of the drug store gang in writing this request we have no apologies to make. However, so be it, if the request for informa* tionn is a worthy one, we rise to our accustomed heights as a master of ornithological and zoological wisdom to offer this kindly explanation.Is a Funny Bird and AH ThatSome weeks ago a Twilight nature lover asked us how to catch a wampus, an animal that grows in the Maple Creek Everglades, and is about as j big as a hoosrie bug, with a long tail like* a collywop. He also asks how to I jtiau wimTcfti-pwp, an amphibian sometmug on the grampus order, and we | j tofd him that with a iwo-by-iour and a bag of peanuts, this can easily be j j accomplished. Later then someone asked us to volunteer some information j . regarding the dickie-gack. Now comes this request for capturing a philiy-| j loo bird. We will try to tell what little we know of the fauna of this feath-j 1 ered vertebrate.J * But He** Easily CWc*hedIt inhabits the Punctured Lung mountains, west of Bentleyville. and subsists principally upon grizzly bear and mountain lion. Occasionally he , will pick up a hi:le corn or oat meal. Ir is claimed that in stalking the j, grizzly or lion, its method of corralling its prey is very simple. It sprinkles jj}a few drops of near beer,'for which it makes a special fiicrht t* Dunlevv.. .. ... . u;-,, uk i.nnM uk* oval anu ol me non.jj|It is not necessary for the phiHy-Ioo to sprinkle n. b. on the corn or oat meal, old huntsmen say. as these vegetables seldom try to escape. Both of ; the aforesaid anneals have an innate fondness for near beer, and after being Lj'v.cL thev each other a long way off.I Each attacks the other in the rear and begins to swallow the adver-|sa*ys rsiL This riocess F kept up ur.til practically the whole body of the j lion inside the bear and that of the bear inside the lion.! Btt! H* Hf* WiU Vnotu Him iAt this moment the phiily-ioo bird, which has been rubbering from ajti 'j *,**. • — , . . .‘.r* »old. ik..avd it bci^-tv to nis aeiit). *’ i: up :r.:o \zt.vums. v.:;.n he at leisure. iI _ j There are many other interesting points about the philly-loo bhd. for!— -instance s: r.ies upside eown which enables it to absorb more violet rays] ut fioiu the blue sky. and theieby stave off rheumsrism. This method of fly- j •rgaNo ;r:ov:e? to the- -.re :y of ornithological knowledge among hunt-! ^‘,e^ ^ Xcrth Charlcro., Me pie View ar.J Gackujuik. as to its.« habits, and renders it almost STpcssiWe to get hold of a specimen, for when; :,, one is winged oi otherwise injwei in the air, it falls up. jFor Nary a One Has Been Captured j'} T.i- j is m int.resting L-.c: s. or tester regarding the pfcilh-loo. *Tis not?• a philv-ioo a-tal!. a»er- Den Eh H. Marminsr, c: the South McKean Avenue |i # ’ iOrnithcloiricnf Laboratories. It'* a ”gi!ly-!oo/‘ In proof thereof he sub-1 *r, r.nis at 5.00 rcr word a snee: of copy marked Immediate Release—andj ^ j because couIdVi read it and had to tear it up we herewith give a ver-! \x*n o: -aha: 3e? i* utmg to convey. (We ae rightfully endowed to do* as r. mender o: :h: On nnttec of 57 Vaiierie*, auxiliary to the World .:u., for FXm^. L’n the Paper).- £'*en Though Experts Have Tried It.i:.1v.* • - * .I r...'e -er.ii with much interest your letter to our Laboratories seekingt L. ^ |r'T'r. 't :r • .are y*'ly-Lo btrd. asking regarding thv possible c\-| * t.nctnti: of the ph:!iy-ioo; and if I hasten to point out several glaring inaccu-lj racies. please believe that it is r.ot done in anger, nor even in sorrow—I like. •to do .T. |te The l:rd in ( ue.-tior no: a pmily-loo bird a; ail; its habitat is not irrii:- Dc.ttleytil:e. aitj it is not extinct. Ard i: is r.oi a grizzly beai* or mountain2 ’ dc-tUM _r. Oihe:w*e the article^ show reroaikable truth to nature and ~^ « *'Ut* j ,o w_i. t.The buu's correcy name is g:ih-loo. derived from the plaintive cry vhVn ray he* heard ;u?t at sunset on any summer evening as it (lies over! lueebal! games and causes fans to gaze upward with the result that many,! many ;lt;ve* are tvrurcn abojt iris n^bie bird. jFondness of trie gjliy-loo for Swtitzer cheese and doughnut holes is^ ^ , Xxtjrc'- rivision foi nu.in.ain.'ng inflation, something akin to balloon tires,j 1 ‘ c: a suit of pr.ezmt ua inn.r -r that aids the birds in swimming. lie has! t ! k -« zo s‘\ :n up oa.h-'.ao holes ana cause the bather tonsideiabie g ( and i’\on\enience by his sudden appearance, even in thei *| i “V* Ire -o j’iv H. E. i.!I I -
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Charleroi Mail
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, May 07, 1929
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