The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-21
BUNTING PARROTS.

From tie Chicago Times
The parrot hunter VINO piunges into
the jungles of the La Cruz river bot.
toms in Mexico and remains three
months 20 make catch Of ~ many
hundred birds. takes his life in his
hands. lie is exposed % waylayins
poems, or laborers; he must ever be on
the alert against night surprise by
wild beasts; be may catch a violent
fever and perish unattended. or be may
be eaten up by ormegoes or Mexican
forest ants with blOodthirsty record
Three hundred parrots are worth, on
an average, Fifty sbill.ngs apiece, which
is IS, $50 From that deduct the wages
Of halfa dozen Mexican vagabonds, who
go alongas tree climbers. the keep II
five burros. the freight and the residue
goes into the pocket OF the vcuturesoms
parrot hunter, or the dealer who EN-,
ploys him
The parrot builds no nest The fe-
male selects a deep hollow m the high,
est tree trunks and there lays two sggs.
This occurs about May I. The young
are Matched about june rs. Ten dAya
elapse before they can omen th=ir eyes,
and several weeks must 20 allowed Tor
the young birds 20 gain sufficient
strength 20 be removed from the care
OF their parents.
The parrot Is a willy and wise bird.
II lays its eggs safely out - reach 81
ordinary danger. and takes GOOD care
not 20 betray their whereabouts Wh~u
the birds are Matched they are FED
twice day bv their elders. early in ths
morning and again about the closs a
dav. and this operation usually betrayf
90 the hunter the whereabouts Of hif
prey.
The birds IN feeding their young giv.
vent 20 = series OF contented clucxs
aud chuckles which are snTrv-ref -
the Young ones. and which infaiiibl7
indicate % the parrot hunter where toe
nest u hidden.
No civilized white man familiar With
the danger viii himself undertake -
climb the tree aud capture the yoana
birds.
That Is the work reserved f0r re
Mexican poems who accompany him.
There Is no danger from the parent
birds, bat almost every tres j. gTsarfisa
By n colony Of orun~Zoes, which psas-
trate any kind 81 clothing s.d viror-
onsfy attack ths Seah ben-zth 81 befna
known 20 destroy large Barabsss "a
young parrots
The suffering - re p~0ns from TIE
attack q ths Mexican snts. 10 their a..
cent % trees Ia search 81 DArrots. 1.
sometimes p..sf1I Iacir Dr-zsts 50
f-eou~utlv covered vita bod. znd n
their agony thsY fsiriy tear their cloth.
ilx from their ts-di@s asd ezxs them,
selve. on the grand ~e~psnz Aad
rnOsning Oft-stlEDes - efsct = "a
raus~ats thesn 20 terri DC = thsf- a1s
fe~inz r. a. th@ir master. on~ Eksoss-3
%. sli zhtsSt svrRVa.sy fox th~tr s-s,ssi.
ton. trey would refuse - 20 aO azasn.
be, under the pitsss5is eoa1 itlas. u s.syfe
dom Ia H<xaso thess nzn Hrs no better
than slaves. eonp>lie1 20 Do usrAs tas,
ar baa4@n rexSrdas~s ~ life zasa l9sais.
n - toytsn&s> II When peon - nsu-.
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sssssgs as sguny- ~ 80 p&-r4s..
AlvaTs hatch thsir YoanT ws-r- water
Is v-entsfal IL rarely hsyp>ns taa, II.
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nature psll asiTs ~ arss hsas
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. Tilizsf Waite naa STDssld sntIs~a aos
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So 50. .. $3.50 ~ -.e leS>gA-