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live in wooded country, keeping to the densest parts. They are swift 

 and apparently recliless runners for they go at breakneck speed 

 through the heavy underbrush, over logs and other obstacles six 



tia. 154. — Group of Ratite Birds. A, Rhea, Rhea americana; B, tlie Kiwi, 

 Apteryx auslralis; C, Cassowary, Casuarius uniappendiculatus; D, Ostrich, 

 Struthio camelus; E, Emeu, Dromaeus novm-hollandwe. (Redrawn after Evans. ) 



