THE TURKEY 



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America has also its own ostrich-like bird, the rhea, 

 which nevertheless presents us with a quite peculiar type 

 of bird-life and has the bony girdle of its hip differently 

 constructed from that of any other bird on the face of 



FIG. 24. 



THE CONDOR. 



the earth. Another South American bird, one which 

 lightly resembles a parrot in aspect, is known as the 

 " Hoatzin," and is a very odd creature. Besides certain 

 anatomical peculiarities it would be out of place here to 



