. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 540 ZOOLOGY. valualile as articles of commerce, is the largest bird now liv- ing, being 2-2 â 7 metres (6-8 feet) high. It can outrun a horse, and lives in flocks. It lays about thirty large white eggs in a nest in the sand ; they are covered in the day- time by the hen or left exposed to the sun, while at night the male sits over and guards them. In Cape Colony, os- trich-culture has become an important business ; in 1865. Fig. 403.âGreat Ank.âFrom Coucs' Key. there were only eighty individuals on the ostrich farms ; in 1875 there were .
. Zoology : for students and general readers . Zoology. 540 ZOOLOGY. valualile as articles of commerce, is the largest bird now liv- ing, being 2-2 â 7 metres (6-8 feet) high. It can outrun a horse, and lives in flocks. It lays about thirty large white eggs in a nest in the sand ; they are covered in the day- time by the hen or left exposed to the sun, while at night the male sits over and guards them. In Cape Colony, os- trich-culture has become an important business ; in 1865. Fig. 403.âGreat Ank.âFrom Coucs' Key. there were only eighty individuals on the ostrich farms ; in 1875 there were .32,247 ostriches, either free or in parks where Lucerne grass is cultivated as food for these useful birds. The South American ostrich is in Patagonia hunted for its feathers. During the Eocene Tertiary period a gi- gantic ostrich-like bird (Diatryma Cope), twice as large as. 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 Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring), 1839-1905. New York : Henry Holt
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