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RHEA. RHEA. 
Generic Character. 
Beak straight, depressed, the 
tip rounded, bent down, 
and hooked. 
Head feathered. 
Feet with three toes before, 
and a rounded callous be- 
hind. 
Wings short. 
Rostrum rectum, depressius- 
culum, apice rotundato, de- 
cUve, unguiculato. 
Caput plumosum. 
Pedes digitis tribus antice in- 
structi, postice callo ro- 
tundato. 
Aloe breves. 
Rhea. 6ms. Lath. VieiL 
StruthIo. Linn. Gmel. Cuv. 
Struthio-camelus. Bay, 
o F this genus only one species is known, which 
is described in the following pages : it appears to 
have much the same manners as the individuals of 
the two preceding genera. 
