TSE OSTRICH. 





I kt the malo sits over and guards them. lu ( ilony 



ostrich-cnlture has become an important business; in 18i 5 

 there were onrj eighty individuals on the ostrich fai 



there were 32,241 ostriches, < ther free or in ]>ark< 

 where Lucerne - cultiva i for these u 



birds. The South Amer in Patagonia hunted 





Pig -•;• - uffa American ( istr ch Prom 1 



for its feathers. According to Herbert Smith, its 

 eds, grass, insects, i . and the hei 



thai it also \. , •• '|'j,, ],, How 



hole scratched in the ground; twenty, th 



arc found together, bul it appears that these are not all laid 



b\ one bird: several females lay their eggs . and 



