. Wild-animal celebrities. IES has a curious flat head, a long thin neck, andlong, muscular, naked legs ending in two-toedfeet. Some parts of his body look too smalland some too large; some parts are nakedand some are covered with the most beauti-ful feathers. His large dark eyes withtheir long eyelashes are a great contrast tohis ugly, flat head, and, when he, stretches hislong neck to its fullest extent, he stands overeight feet high. George Washington has a jet-black back,and soft white feathers at the tips of his ri-diculous little wings and tail. Martha, hiswife, is not nearly so good loo
. Wild-animal celebrities. IES has a curious flat head, a long thin neck, andlong, muscular, naked legs ending in two-toedfeet. Some parts of his body look too smalland some too large; some parts are nakedand some are covered with the most beauti-ful feathers. His large dark eyes withtheir long eyelashes are a great contrast tohis ugly, flat head, and, when he, stretches hislong neck to its fullest extent, he stands overeight feet high. George Washington has a jet-black back,and soft white feathers at the tips of his ri-diculous little wings and tail. Martha, hiswife, is not nearly so good looking, as she hasno white feathers, but is of a uniform drabcolor; also she is smaller. But George is verydevoted to her. He conducted his courtshipin a slow and solemn manner, being extremelycareful in his selection of a wife, for os-triches only have one wife in a lifetime. Whenan ostrich loses his partner, he never takesanother, but remains solitary for the re-mainder of his days. When a pair are once mated, they are put. Geokge Washington, the Celebrated Ostrich onthe South Pasadena Ostrich Farm, Having HisFeathers Plucked THREE GREAT BIRDS 179 in a separate enclosure in the farm, and thereare no other ostriches or anything else to dis-turb their domestic life. The first time Marthawas ready to lay her eggs, George prepared anest for her by crouching down and scoopingout a rough hole in the ground. Martha laidher first egg promptly, and every other daydeposited another one in the nest until therewere fifteen; and during this time the natureof George Washington underwent a completechange. He had been a fairly good tempered, placidbird until then, showing no particular in-telligence or excitability; but, as soon as thebreeding season began, he was constantlychallenging all who approached to fight withhim. This challenge to fight was conveyed tothe stranger by crouching down, spreadingout all his beautiful wing feathers, and mov-ing his flat head from side to side in an un-mist
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