. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. 144 SUBKINGDOM VERTEBRATA. for its beautiful plumes, which have been prized as an adorn ment from time immemorial. Mg. 2UL. Struthho camUus^ African Ostrich. riders, and by pursuing in a straigiit line while the bird runs in a curve. One male accompanies two to six females who lay in one nest. The bens take turns in sitting during the day, thus enabling the others to travel the long distances necessary to get food in that desert country, without leaving the nest uncovered. The male assumes the task of incubation at night when his superior strength is neede
. Fourteen weeks in zoology. Zoology. 144 SUBKINGDOM VERTEBRATA. for its beautiful plumes, which have been prized as an adorn ment from time immemorial. Mg. 2UL. Struthho camUus^ African Ostrich. riders, and by pursuing in a straigiit line while the bird runs in a curve. One male accompanies two to six females who lay in one nest. The bens take turns in sitting during the day, thus enabling the others to travel the long distances necessary to get food in that desert country, without leaving the nest uncovered. The male assumes the task of incubation at night when his superior strength is needed to drive ofl prowling animals, which are sometimes found lying dead near the nest, killed by its powerful kick. As the young cnnnot for some time go far, or digest the hard food of the old ones, the females continue to lay extra eggs for their nourishment. In this entire system of incubation one can but see the nice planning of a Creator, fruitful in methods for meeting an end by varied means.—An Ostrich e^g is equal to two dozen of those of the domestic hen. It is cooked by placing one end in the hot ashee^ and making a small orifice in the other, stirring the contents with a bit of stick till the omelette is roasted.—In Cape Colony there are now Ostrich-farms where these birds are reared for their plumes, which are plucked every eight 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 Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886. New York, Chicago [etc. ] A. S. Barnes & Company
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