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BLACK OSTRICH. 
the hoarse tone of a bear or an ox, as if they 
were in great agony. 
They are fond of fanning themselves with their 
floating wings, which are generally in a quivering 
motion in hot climates, during the heat of the day, 
on the sunny side of a house, and seem at every 
turn to admire and be enamoured of their own 
shadows. 
