THE OSTKICH." 



The Ostrich, tlie C'uiiiel-LirJ of the Anibs, lias been celebrated i'rom the earliest 

 aiiliquity. It is found throughout Arabia and Africa, everywhere shunning the presence 

 of man, and preferring the solitude of the desert. 



The food of the oslricli consisf.s of the tops of the various shrubby plants which even 

 the most arid parts of Soutli Africa produce in abundance. It is so easily satisfied with 

 regard to water, that it is constantly to be found in the most parched and desolate tracts 

 which even the antelopes and the beasts of prey have deserted. Its cry at a distance so 

 much resembles that of the lion, that even the Hottentots arc said to be sometimes 

 deceived by it. 



The male ostrich of Soulli Afiic a, ul ihc lime of breeding, usually associates to liimself 



• .Sliulliio C'lilncliiK, — Liiin. 



