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RHEIDvE. 



Family RHEID.E. 



Genus RHEA. 



1445. Rhea americaha,Viei\\. Common Rhea. 

 Hob. Argentine Republic. 



(Fig. 59.; 



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



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



rhyncha, Sclater. Bred in the Gardens, 1862. 



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



e. f. Presented by A. Brenner, Esq., July 18, 1864. 



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

 h. Purchased, Nov. 8, 1867. 

 i. Purchased, Nov. 14, 1867. 

 ?, fr. Purchased, Feb. 11, 1868. 

 I. Purchased, June 7, 1870. 



Fig. 59. 



Shea americana. (P. Z. fcj. I860, p. 208.) 



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



the River Plate. 

 77,0. Deposited, Oct. 25, 1873. 

 p. Purchased, Jan. 20, 1874. 

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

 r. Purchased, April 6, 1874. From Buenos Ayres. 



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