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Stmthio,* the Ostrich. 



AFRICAN OSTRICH (Struthio Camelus). 



To the naturalist the Ostrich may, perhaps, be 

 considered as the most interesting of all the feathered 

 race, being evidently the form that goes to fill up the 

 chasm between the two classes of Quadrupeds and 

 Birds. In much of its internal anatomy, and in many 

 of its faculties and habits, the Ostrich approaches 



* Its Greek name. 



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