. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. THE OSTRICH AND ITS KINDRED 3 by ceaseless pursuit. A chase of this kind may last an hour and a half. Needless to say, for sport of this kind both horses and dogs must be the best of their kind and in " good ; The natives and Indians hunt them on horseback with the " ; The bulas, or balls, used for this purpose consist of two round stones covered with leather, and united b}' a thong of about 8 feet long. One of these is held in the hand and the other whir
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. THE OSTRICH AND ITS KINDRED 3 by ceaseless pursuit. A chase of this kind may last an hour and a half. Needless to say, for sport of this kind both horses and dogs must be the best of their kind and in " good ; The natives and Indians hunt them on horseback with the " ; The bulas, or balls, used for this purpose consist of two round stones covered with leather, and united b}' a thong of about 8 feet long. One of these is held in the hand and the other whirled round the head and suddenly released, when both go whirling madly round till they strike the rhea's legs, around which they instantly twist, and the victim is a fast prisoner. The rhea is in danger of disappearing altogether as a wild bird, owing to the ruthless slaughter which is made upon it for the sake of its feathers. For some years back, Mr. Harting tells us, " the number of birds killed has averaged 400,000 per annum, and, as a consequence, the species has already disappeared from nearly half the territory of the River ; On some estates in Argentina the wild birds are driven in and plucked. Like most of the Ostrich Tribe, the male alone performs the duties of incubation, hatching. Phofo by J. T. Newman'] iBirkhamiud RHEAS IN A PUBLIC PARK In spite of its large size^ the rhea is not a conspicuous bird in a ivild state, the gre^ plumage harmonising perfectly ivith the surrounding pampas some twenty eggs at a time, the produce of several different females. There are three different kinds of rhea, but they do not differ much one from another. The young are curiously striped. The egg is very large, of a cream colour, and deeply pitted. Darwin, in his " Voyage of the Beagle," tells us that when he was " at Bahia Blanca, in the months of September and October, the eggs, in extraordinary numbers, were found all over the country. They lie either
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