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A DESCRIPTION OP 
alludes to the cry of the bird in a wild state. The female 
Emeu lays her eggs in different places, but they are col- 
lected by her, or by the male, by rolling them over and 
over to one place, and then the two birds sit on the eggs 
alternately. 
The Rhea, or South American Ostrich, differs from the 
common ostrich, in having feet like an Emeu ; and in 
making a strange deep sound, which resembles that of a 
kettle-drum. 
THE CRANE. ( Grus cinerea.) 
CRANES frequent marshy places, and live upon small fish 
