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BLACK OSTRICH. 



the hoarse tone of a bear or an ox, as if they 

 were in great agony. 



They are fond of fanning themselves with their 

 floating wings, which are generally in a quivering 

 motion in hot climates, during the heat of the day, 

 on the sunny side of a house, and seem at every 

 turn to admire and be enamoured of their own 

 shadows. 



