Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume VI, Number 5, 1 June 1933 — COWBOYS REAP FEATHER 'CROP' IN THE ARGENTINE [ARTICLE]

COWBOYS REAP FEATHER 'CROP' IN THE ARGENTINE

HuntBd for years by t&e"cowboys ol the Argentin.e pur<āy as sport, the rhea, South ostrich, now furnishes fe%ihers for automobile and dusters. Extremely of foot, the rhea is yursued by . tiie "gauchos" on horseba.uk and snared by means of "b6*eadoras," three sliort lines knotted together and weighted at th§ en(ls. Accurately tlirown, thlsljajaire wTaps around the legs of the birds and holds It prisaiisr unlil its tail feathers are pluekel, after whieh the rhea is released.