. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. i<*i^. ill H^ 7**'. The voice oftlu" Ostrich is u dvv]\ I„,ll,m', sound, so like tlio roar of l1,o i; hat oven pmctisecl curs have been doceived by it, and the h m es O tr^^^^^ prowling hon. In Us wikl state the Ostrich Is thought to live twolrt^'^M:,; I" the male bird, tlio lower part of the neck and tlie body are .letni .rbssv black witl, a few white Lathers, whici, are bar.'ly visible except when the plunu isru S P vnues ot t u> wings and tail are
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. i<*i^. ill H^ 7**'. The voice oftlu" Ostrich is u dvv]\ I„,ll,m', sound, so like tlio roar of l1,o i; hat oven pmctisecl curs have been doceived by it, and the h m es O tr^^^^^ prowling hon. In Us wikl state the Ostrich Is thought to live twolrt^'^M:,; I" the male bird, tlio lower part of the neck and tlie body are .letni .rbssv black witl, a few white Lathers, whici, are bar.'ly visible except when the plunu isru S P vnues ot t u> wings and tail are white. The ienul^ is ashen bro vn, s :;inlded w \vlj and her tail and are white, like of the male Tho vt" - it of n ' adult male seems to bo between two and throe hundred pounds. ° ' '"'" The Emku inhabits the and open forest country of Central Australia u-bn™ v ere many,vears, be witli the Dodo ami other extinct bil ' "'''""' Ibe hmeu is not unlike the ostrich, which it resembles in manv of its h-ibits n« „ ii llio iiesh of the Emeu is thought lo be very o„„a esneci'illv I'f ihn i The legs are always the coarsest and worst-llavoij^.^l iwt^on t J^^lf ^- S\ I^T"^ thought equal to fowl. The natives will not ,,ermit women or ms (o . .t it rT,'" mmmmmm male being to a single jemale l-oiyg;tniuu., out; In captivity, tho Emeu sCou aecommodatos itself to circumstances, and even in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. London : Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
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