New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
ANCIENT DINOSAURS.
One of Them LiUety Enough to
Catch Birds.

country with steps which must have made the
earth tremble Present day forests would have
been simply impeding underground to them
Most of them apparently were OF huge dlmen-
sions from the point of view of q human being
Not all of the animals of the period of the mann
moths, however, the possessors of the mas
sive, loglike bones one sees in museums. Inc
bones of an animal which lived at the same time
as the mighty saurians and so light that il
could catch birds have been discovered among
those of a number of mammoth dinosaurs IN
Central Wyoming, not far from the Medicine
Bow River. This animal about the size of the
largest kangaroo, had skeleton of solid enough
looking bones. They were, however, hollow, the
shells being almost as thin as paper. 1t had
claws like those of bird, the chief difference
being that they were larger Scientists, after
studying the structure of the bones, their re-
fined lines and the character of the limbs, have
to the conclusion that it walked upon it's
hind limbs and quick of motion that it
could catch with it's fore limbs the queer, slow
moving primeval bird with the long name-the
arch9opteryx. This bird had a long. slender,
animal-like tail and teeth. The character of the
tail evidently prevented it from flying for long
distances, so it is considered quite within the
bounds of reason that this lightly constructed
dinOsaur should be able to catch it.
Since the discovery of the extensive bed of
remains of dinosaurs in South Central Wyoming
by waiter Granger, OF the American Museum
expedition of 1897, it has been possible more
completely to fill in the picture of the animal life
of the prehistoric period, when the great dino
saurs roamed the earth This find" is said to
be the greatest of extinct animals made in a
single locality in any part of the world. Already
80 parts of animals have been taken up. 1t
mas been estimated that these represent at least
seventy-three animals of seven different Species
and that parts Of at least one hundred
buried there.
The appearance of a herd of these great mon
fers of past ages trooping down Broadway,
uncontrolled, would cause an absolute cessation
of business there The street would be cleared
with alacrity. The Railways of every building
along the street would be filled instantaneousy
Ind every elevator glutted with humanity flee
ing for safety to the upper stories of the sky
scrapers. Those who preserved their mental
equilibrium sufficiently to gaze calmly forth upon
!he procession of strange beasts they passed
IN front of the buildings would be struck with
several things Perhaps they might think of
Noah's problem with added respect.
TIE heads of most of the animals undoubted-
H. would seem comparatively small This would
be especially noticeable in the case of the herd
eating diplodocus, or long lmbed dinosaur AL
most as long and as high us a Pullman sleeping
cal, its head was only two feet long-shorter
than the head of horse. With a neck more
'f.dii twenty Ieet long and q tail between thirty
and forty feet in length, it suggested a huge
sCrIent in its middle four legs. On these in
appearance resembling those of an elephant but
much larger, the huge animal staIked along
each foot a yard in diameter as it was
set squarely upon the ground. Weighing four
or FIVE times more than the largest elephants or
fom twenty to twenty-five TONS it doubtless
would leave footprints in the asphalt and Bel
g.aa block paVements Of Broadway as it heaved
It's way along. If one of these animals in the
proc ession, in passing City Hall Square, should
chance to spy the tender green leaves in the
top Of one of the trees. and fancy that they
would tickle his palate he would probably do
something that would astonish and alarm the
Spectators in the upper stories of the buildings
on the other side of the street Shifting the
bulk of his weight to the thick of his tail, he
would slowly raise his huge body into a vertical
POSITION, kangaroo fashion, and calmly nibble
OF the tasty mOrsel, forty feet above the pave
rent. In imagination one can see those who
had assembled at the windows of the third
stories TO watch the strange procession again
rush in alarm to the elevators and stairWays in
order TO 80 up higher. 1t is supposed that a
CURED daily to keep the huge mechanism of this
creature in working order.
Recovering somewhat from their second alarm
after reaching the windows of a story higher,