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the figures of the representatives of this group throughout the 

 works devoted to their biology, and thai zoological photographer 



who gives his attention to making serviceable photographic il- 

 lustrations, from life, of any of these animals, will indeed not 

 have squandered his time, nor misplaced his labor, for biological 

 science will have been distinctly benefited thereby. 



In mounting a specimen like the South American Ostrich, bet- 

 ter known as the Rhea (Rhea americana) , the same plan is fol- 

 lowed, and requires no detailed description here after what has 

 already been set forth above. 



Existing Ostrich-birds form a distinct division of the Class 

 Ares, and include such forms as the true ostriches of Africa; the 



Pig. 129. Mounted Specimen of the European Pine Marten 



(M. niartes). 



Property of the Leydeu Museum, and prepared by H. H. ter Meer, Jr. 



cassowaries, emeu, and the rheas; while the extinct types 

 known to us are the moas and the roc. Some authors include 

 the kiwis and tinamous in this group, but from sucb a view the 

 present writer departs. Of the genus Rhea we have three species 

 in South America, inhabiting different regions, the precise limits 

 of which have not as yet been distinctly defined. There are the 

 Kandu (I!, americana) (Fig. 130); the Patagonian rhea, or Petise 

 (I', darwini) ; and the Long-billed rhea ( R. maerorhi/ncha). Xew- 

 ton in the Diciionan/ of Birds remarks: " < Mi the 'pampas' A'. 

 americana is said to associate with herds of deer (Gariacus cam- 

 pestris), and R. darwini to be the constant companion of guana- 

 cos (Lama huanacus) ; just as in Africa the ostrich seeks the so- 



