Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1897 — TRULY A FREAK. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TRULY A FREAK.

The Do no Represents Bird, Beast, end Reptile. The most wonderful freak yet discovered is a product of Patagonia. The head and breast are distinctly birdlike. The beak is that of a carnivorous bird. The plumage Is that of the bird of the tropics, bright red and green predominating, but all the colors of the rainbow being there. The legs, although covered with down and feathers, are distinctively animal-like in shape, the toes be-

ing tipped with sharp claws. The leg and foot is like that of the raccoon. The tail Is In shape a reptile’s, narrowing down to a point at the tip from the size of the body. It coils Its tail like a snake, and looking at that end alone one would take it for a reptile. The tail is also covered with down and very small feathers, which present a scalelike appearance. The queer bird is known as the dono.

BIRD, BEAST, AND REPTILE.