CHAPTER X. 



THREE GREAT BIRDS 



Geokge and Martha Washington, Os- 

 triches; General, Condor. 



IN the Cawston Ostrich Farm at South 

 Pasadena, California, there are several 

 ostriches who are great celebrities in their 

 way. For instance, there are General and Mrs. 

 Grant, Admiral Dewey, Mr. and Mrs. McKin- 

 ley, President and Mrs. Roosevelt, and several 

 others with well known names. But the old- 

 est and most celebrated among all the hun- 

 dred and fifty birds on this farm are George 

 and Martha Washington, a pair of ostriches 

 who are noted for being the best breeders and 

 most faithful sitters in the whole farm. 



Both are remarkably fine specimens. George 

 stands nearly four and a half feet high at 

 the highest part of his back. Although a 

 handsome bird in many respects, he is, like 

 all his kind, very much out of proportion. He 



