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coloured with the red varnish, to which must be added a little 
lake; as also the comb of the Guinea fowl (Numida). The 
particular passion of the animal at the time must also have to be 
studied, and the colour of his head and throat, whicl is liable to 
great change under different impulses. The male pinnated 
Grouse has a large, skinny membrane on each side of its neck, 
which it inflates during the season of love, and which is in size 
and colour similar to aripe orange. This must be coloured with 
the red varnish, mixed with either gamboge, or chrome-yellow. 
The general habits of these birds are familiar to most people. 
ORDER XiI.—ALECTORIDES. 
The birds of this order frequent, some of them, open coun- 
tries, while others inhabit the banks of streams. The former are 
continually in search of serpents and lizards; in which pursuit 
they may be very appropriately preserved. Those of the latter 
kind live principally on insects and worms. Little can be 
said as to their attitudes: these must be left to the taste of the 
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ORDER XII.—CURSORES. 
The birds of this order live mostly in the fields, in desert 
places remote trom woods ; feeding on herbs and seeds. They 
seldom fly, trusting to their speed of foot for safety. At the 
head of it stands the Ostrich (Struthio Camelus). This 
stupendous bird, the largest of the feathered kind, reaches 
from eight to ten feet in height. It falls to the lot of few to 
preserve this bird; but as the frame-work for it must ne- 
cessarily be commensurate with its size, the manner of con- 
structing it we shall describe :— 
A piece of wood eighteen inches long, and four inches in 
circumference, is first taken, and a hole bored eight inches 
from one of its ends, from which form a groove, to the shortest 
end, both above and below; four inches from the other ex- 
tremity two holes are pierced, at four and six inches from the 
end. The wire which is to support the head of the Ostrich is 
