Elements of Ornithology Prepared for the Use of Schools And Colleges
Elements of Ornithology Prepared for the Use of Schools And Colleges
W S W William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger
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What are the characters of the Brevipennes? 8. What are the characters of Ostriches ? 9. How many species of Ostriches are known ? How are they Hi tin- guished ? 10. What are the characters of the Ostrich of the eastern continent ? 8 88 OSTRICHES. CASSOWARIES. nate the foot, the external one is but half the length of the other, and without a nail. It. This bird lives in numerous troops on the sandy deserts of Africa and Arabia ; it is essentially herbivorous, but it is so voracious that it indi...scriminately devours everything that falls within its reach until its stomach is filled ; it even swallows stones, fragments of metal, pieces of wood, and animal as well as the vegetable substances upon which it feeds ; the strength of its stomach is enormous. It can run more rapidly than the fleetest horse. The strength of this aqjinal is astonishing ; an Ostrich with two men on its back has been known to run faster than an excellent English courser. 12. The eggs of the Ostrich weigh nearly three pounds each ; in those countries which are not very warm, the female, and even the male sits upon them ; but on the burning deserts near the equator, they 'leave them in the sand, exposed to the heat of the sun.
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