. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 164 POPULAR OFFICIAL CASSOWARY. its metatarsus, is distinctly bluish, and dark. This is the species of the southern half of Africa, now so successfully farmed in Cape Colony for its feathers that the annual crop is said to yield about $5,000,000. And it is this species which is kept on the ostricli farms of California and Arizona. The North African, or Sudan Ostrich, (S. caineliis), is the species first and longest known. Its neck, thighs and front metatarsal scales are of a decided pink color. Origina
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. 164 POPULAR OFFICIAL CASSOWARY. its metatarsus, is distinctly bluish, and dark. This is the species of the southern half of Africa, now so successfully farmed in Cape Colony for its feathers that the annual crop is said to yield about $5,000,000. And it is this species which is kept on the ostricli farms of California and Arizona. The North African, or Sudan Ostrich, (S. caineliis), is the species first and longest known. Its neck, thighs and front metatarsal scales are of a decided pink color. Originally the range of this species extended from nortli Africa well into southwestern Asia, embracing Arabia, Syria and Meso- potamia. Generally speaking, the African Ostriches oi-iginally cov- ered all the open, sandy plains of Africa; but they never inhabited the regions of dense forests. To-day their total inhabited range is small, and rapidly becoming more so. It is highly probable that within the life period of many per- sons now living, wild Ostriches will totally disappear from the earth. The Common Rhea, or South American Ostrich, {Rhea americana), represents a group of ostriches much smaller than those of Africa, and found only on the open plans of Argentina and Patagonia, below the great equatorial forest belt. There are three species in the group. In general terms it may be stated that an adult Rhea is about two- thirds the size of an adult African ostrich. It is with great difficulty that these birds are reared to maturity in the United States,. 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 New York Zoological Park; Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York New York Zoological Society
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