THE TURKEY 



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America has also its own ostrich-like bird, the rhea, 

 which nevertheless presents us with a quite peculiar type 

 of bird-life and has the bony girdle of its hip differently 

 constructed from that of any other bird on the face of 



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THE CONDOR. 



the earth. Another South American bird, one which 

 lightly resembles a parrot in aspect, is known as the 

 " Hoatzin," and is a very odd creature. Besides certain 

 anatomical peculiarities it would be out of place here to 



