STUUTHIONID^E. 421 



Order STRUTHIONES*. 



Family STRUTHIONID^E. 



Genus STRUTHIO. 



1208. Strut hio camelus, Linn. Ostrich. 

 Hab. Africa. 



a. Male. Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, April 4, 



1850. From Morocco. 



b. Female. Presented by Her Majesty the Queen, Feb. 8, 



1859. From Morocco. 



c. d. Young. Presented by E. Hertslet, Esq., Oct. 10, 1863. 

 e. Male. Purchased, Aug. 19, 1865. 



/. Purchased, May 8, 1868. 



g. Male. Purchased, May 1, 1869. 



h, i. Deposited, July 5, 1872. 



Genus RHEA. 



1209. Rhea americana, Vieill. Common Rhea. 

 Hab. South America. 



a. Male; b. Female. Purchased, Dec. 5, 1860. 



c. Young. Hybrid between this species and Rhea macro- 



rliyncha, Sclater. Bred in the Gardens, 1862. 

 cl Bred in the Gardens, Aug. 14, 1863. 

 e,f. Presented by A. Brenner, Esq., July 38, 1864. 

 g. Presented by George Wilks, Esq., C.M.Z.S., May 4, 1867. 

 h. Purchased, Nov. 8, 1867. 

 i. Purchased, Nov. 14, 1867. 

 j, k. Purchased, Feb. 11, 1868. 

 I. Purchased, June 7, 1870. 

 m. Presented by W. C. Barnes, Esq., June 22, 1871. From 



the River Plate. 

 n, o. Deposited, Oct. 25, 1873. 

 p. Purchased, Jan. 20, 1874. 

 q. Presented by A. Maxwell, Esq., Feb. 23, 1874. 



* For notes on the method of incubation of the Struthiones see 

 P. Z. S. 1863, p. 233. On the Struthious Birds of the Society's 

 Menagerie generally see Sclater, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 247, and Trans. 

 Zool. Soc. vol. iv. p. 353. 



