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OF THE OSTKICIIES IN GENERAL. 



OF THE OSTRICHES IN GENERAL. 



In tho Ostridics, the bill is straight and doprossed. The wings arc 

 small in proportion to the size of tiie body, and altogether usekss for 

 flight. The legs are naked above the knee: the number of toes, in one 

 species, is two, and in the remaining species three ; and tlicse are 

 j)laced forwards. 



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OSTBICil UlNT. 



