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Title
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Lawrence Bruner to Psyche Bruner, 1897, Dec. 5
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Alternative Title
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Lawrence Bruner Letters, 1897
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Date
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1897, Dec. 5
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Creator
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Lawrence Bruner
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Description
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Handwritten 4 page letter from Lawrence Bruner to Psyche Bruner, "According to promise I now site down to write you a letter from a point nearly..."
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Identifier
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081210-1897-036a
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Transcription
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and more. Sometimes there will be thousands of these bird together. One kind has two horny hooks on each wing, is about as large as a turkey and has a top=knot. It is said to be a great singer and dancer as well as a magnificent flier. When it gets uneasy it will scream very loudly, dance about and all of a sudden soar up into the sky until it even goes beyond the clouds and quite out of sight. So loud is its voice that when out of sight it can still be heard. At this distance its song is said to be beautiful beyond description. The bird is called the "Crested Screamer". I have not yet been able to get a specimen of this bird for the University because there are none of them at . Another interesting bird that is seen here in droves or flocks is the very queer bird that I told about in another letter. I mean the long — billed, big billed bird that most of the time sits down like thisdoodle of bird just as if its legs were too long to reach the ground and it had to double them up or else stick them into holes in the ground. Then too, I saw thousands of meadowlarks — two or three different kinds. Instead of having yellow breasts like ours they have the breast and all the underside bright red. Argentina certainly is a home for queer things, and I thought that I had already seen the queerest and told you and Helen about them. But only day before yesterday when I visited them.
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Rights
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To inquire about usage, please contact Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. These images are for educational use only. Not all images are available for publication.
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