. From North pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands. Animal behavior; Birds; Tundras; Ethnology; Birds. 190 FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. The ostrich, which is bound to the earth, stands in striking con- trast to the short-tailed eagle. He also is the hero of an Arabian legend, which, however, instead of glorifying him, brings him down to the dust; for the story is that the ostrich wished, in the exuber- ance of his vanity, to fly to the sun, but was in his attempt miser- ably burned, and hurled in his present form to the ground. To us. I'ig. 28.—On an Ostrich Farm in Sou
. From North pole to equator: studies of wild life and scenes in many lands. Animal behavior; Birds; Tundras; Ethnology; Birds. 190 FROM NORTH POLE TO EQUATOR. The ostrich, which is bound to the earth, stands in striking con- trast to the short-tailed eagle. He also is the hero of an Arabian legend, which, however, instead of glorifying him, brings him down to the dust; for the story is that the ostrich wished, in the exuber- ance of his vanity, to fly to the sun, but was in his attempt miser- ably burned, and hurled in his present form to the ground. To us. I'ig. 28.—On an Ostrich Farm in South Africa, his life is all the more worthy of consideration, that many false ideas still prevail both in regard to it and in regard to the bird himself. Although occurring in those low grounds of the African and West Asiatic deserts which are richest in vegetation, the ostrich becomes abundant only in the steppe. Here one is almost continu- ally crossing his unmistakable " spoor ", though it is but rarely that one sees the bird. He is tall enough to see over the lofty grasses which conceal him, he is far-sighted and shy, and can therefore usually conceal himself from the approaching traveller. If one succeeds in observing him from a distance, one sees that, except. 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 Brehm, Alfred Edmund, 1829-1884; Thomson, Margaret R. , tr; Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur), 1861-1933, ed. London [etc. ] Blackie & Son, Limited
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