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tures, now find themselves face to face with the culmi- 
nating effort of Nature,—Mankind. They cannot escape 
Fia. 8.—Seriema, a living descendant of Phororachos, with characters of Cranes, 
Bustards, and Eagles. 1/6 natural size. 
from us, though the least among them laughs to scorn 
our efforts at following through the air. Yet all must 
