Little has wariness availed these stately birds against the murderous human animal. Their statuesque forms have nearly disappeared from the broad prairies they once graced and their loud trumpet calls no longer sound over the wide spaces where they loved and danced. Few living ornithologists have seen these birds. The latest information comes from Fred. Bradshaw of Saskatchewan, who sent A. C. Bent photographs of their home life, and a report from Gilman which describes finding a nest in May 1922.
Awakened sentiment may save the pitiful remnant of this — the most individualistic and striking bird of our avifauna.
Formerly, prairies of Canadian Provinces and central United States. Now, so local and rare that the sight of one marks an epoch in a lifetime.