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live in wooded country, keeping to the densest parts. They are swift 

 and apparently reckless runners for they go at breakneck speed 

 through the heavy underbrush, over logs and other obstacles six 



JblG. 154. Group of Ratite Birds. A, Rhea, Rhea americana; B, the Kiwi, 

 Apteryx auslralis; C, Cassowary, Casuarius uniappendiculatus; D, Ostrich, 

 Struthio camelus; E, Emeu, Dromceus novce-hollandice. (Redrawn after Evans. ) 



