. Un système d'histoire naturelle : contenant des scientifiques [sic] et des descriptions populaires de l'homme, des quadrupèdes, des oiseaux, des poissons, des reptiles et des insectes . en attirant un certain nombre de mouches, 1 Rhea Americana, Temm. C'est le seul du srenus. Ses caractéristiques surface bill droit, court, mou, enfoncé à la base, un peu comprimé à la pointe, qui isobtus ; mucli inférieur mandibule enfoncé, flexible, et arrondi à la pointe; narines sur la surface latérale de la facture, grand, longitudinal et ouvert ; Ions de jambes :, avec trois avant-pieds, et une callosité derrière; ailes courtes, avec plus de plumes

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. A System of natural history : containing scientifci [sic] and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles and insects . by attracting a number of flies, 1 Rhea Americana, Temm. This is the only one of the srenus. Its characteristics area bill straight, short, soft, depressed at the base, a little compressed at the tip, which isobtuse ; lower mandible mucli depressed, flexible, and rounded at the tip; nostrils on thelateral surface of the bill, large, longitudinally cleft and open ; legs Ions:, with three toesbefore, and a callosity behind; wings short, with feathers more or less strong, aud termi-nating in a spur. 616 AVES—AMERICAN OSTRICH. beetles, kc, afford a means of sustenance to the young. This, however, may be considered as apocryphal. When first hatched, the young ones are familiar, and follow the first per-son they meet. I have been followed myself, says Wafer, by many of theseyoung ostriches, which at first are extremely harmless and simple; but, asthey grow older, they become more cunning and distrustful; and run soswift, that a greyhound can scarcely overtake them. Their flesh, in general, . is good to be eaten, especially if they be young. It would be no difficultmatter to rear up flocks of these animals tame, particularly as they arenaturally so familiar; and they might be found to answer domestic purposes, like the hen or the turkey. Their maintenance could not be expensive, if, as Narborough says, they live entirely upon grass. Like the ostrich, thetouyou is indiscriminately voracious; swallowing stones, iron, and otherhard substances. AVES—EMEU. 617 THE NEW HOLLAND EMEU.i

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