(iroiip of chicks 

 iiljout five inontlis old 

 .sliowing tlie mottled 

 Juvenal pluniagp, prac- 

 tically alike in both 

 sexes. The chick in 

 the foreground is 

 half crouching on its 

 ankles and toes 



During their first 

 year the chicks re- 

 quire constant han- 

 dling and continual 

 association with tlie 

 people on the farm to 

 prevent the develop- 

 ment of their instinc- 

 tive wild nature. It 

 is impossible to handle 

 an ostrich when it 

 becomes adult, if it 

 has not been tlnis 

 tamed 



in liii^ {rroiiii (II iimrkuii: innl^ in ;iii iilliilla cumii. ihi- black liijii\ i.iuni,.f;i- >.<■ lin .ul.ii; . u. k 

 birds and the gray plumage of hen birds can be distinguished. The wing plumes are pure white in 

 the cock, but usually have a small amount of gray pigment in the hen 



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