. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . of a Turkey. It walks out alone without any danger of losing itself, and it isasserted that it will drive ducks and fowls to their feeding-place in themorning and bring tiieni home at night, carefully collecting any strag-glers. As for tiie bird itself it is never shut up, but sleeps just
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . of a Turkey. It walks out alone without any danger of losing itself, and it isasserted that it will drive ducks and fowls to their feeding-place in themorning and bring tiieni home at night, carefully collecting any strag-glers. As for tiie bird itself it is never shut up, but sleeps just whereit ])leases, upon the roof of a barn or in the farmyard. Its trumpetingis described as resembling the sound produced by a person endeavoringto pronounce ton, ton, ton; ton, ton, ton, with his mouth shut, orthe doleful noise made by the Dutch bakers, who blow a glass trumpetto inform their customers wheu their bread is taken out o-f the 202 OF THE OSTKICIIES IN GENERAL. OF THE OSTRICHES IN GENERAL. In tho Ostridics, the bill is straight and doprossed. The wings arcsmall in proportion to the size of tiie body, and altogether usekss forflight. The legs are naked above the knee: the number of toes, in onespecies, is two, and in the remaining species three; and tlicse arej)laced forwards. ^:. OSTBICil UlNT. THE BLACK, OR GREAT OSTRICH. 293 THE BLACK, OR GREAT OSTRICH. This Ostrich stands so higli as to measure from seven to nine feetfrom the top of the head to the ground. From the back, however, itis seldom more than three or four feet, the rest of its height being madeup by its extremely long neck. The head is small; and, as well as thegreater part of the ne(;k, is covered only with a few scattered feathers of the body are black and loose; those of the wings andtail are of a snowy white, waved, and long, having here and there a tipof black. The wings are furnished with spurs. The thighs and flanksare naked; and the feet are strong, and of a gray-brown color.
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