. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . G2 44 NATURAL HISTORY <f»»M»»»^—JHF^^ilFJXHM^IWPMi III I J-TTTTTT^WP^W*^—^■^POl^i^M—<0» THE OSTRICH. This animal (fig. J) has an undoubted claimto stand foremost in the arrangement of thefeathered tribe, not only upon account of thesuperiority of his size, but because he also ap-pears to constitute that shade which Naturehas universally adopted throughout animatedbeings, and to form the link between birds andquadrupeds; in the general outline he cer-tainly resembles the former^ and at the sametime possesses many of the characteris
. Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles . G2 44 NATURAL HISTORY <f»»M»»»^—JHF^^ilFJXHM^IWPMi III I J-TTTTTT^WP^W*^—^■^POl^i^M—<0» THE OSTRICH. This animal (fig. J) has an undoubted claimto stand foremost in the arrangement of thefeathered tribe, not only upon account of thesuperiority of his size, but because he also ap-pears to constitute that shade which Naturehas universally adopted throughout animatedbeings, and to form the link between birds andquadrupeds; in the general outline he cer-tainly resembles the former^ and at the sametime possesses many of the characteristics ofthe latter, especially in the internal formation,which may be said to have as great a similarityto the one as the other; it is also the samewith the external covering, which, although akind of plumage, has as near a resemblance tohair as to feathers. Considering him, however, as belonging tothe race of birds, the ostrich is, by far, thelargest of that species; he generally measuresseven feet from the ground to the top of his head 5.
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