. Le monde de la vie animale. Zoologie. L'autruche autruche 27s et le chameau. Les voyageurs nous disent, par ailleurs, qu'au loin les deux sont vraiment si beaucoup, qu'il n'est pas du tout facile de distinguer l'un de l'autre. L'autruche n'a que deux orteils (£. sur son pied, un de qui est une bonne affaire plus grand que l'autre. Ce pincement est armé d'une forte et puissante, qui griffe l'oiseau utilise beaucoup à la manière des kangaroo-kicking out à sa ene- mies dès qu'ils tirer près de natio- nales. Sa course est si féroce, et si nets est la griffe, qu'un de ces oiseaux a été connu wit

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. The world of animal life. Zoology. THE OSTRICH 27s ostrich and the camel. Travellers tell us, moreover, that in the distance the two are really so much alike, that it is not at all easy to distinguish one from the other. The ostrich has only two toes (£. upon its foot, one of which is a good deal larger than the other. This toe is armed with a sharp and powerful claw, which the bird uses very much after the manner of the kangaroo—kicking out at its ene- mies as soon as they draw suffi- ciently near. So fierce is its stroke, and so sharp is the claw, that one of these birds has been known with a single blow to kill a hyaena, and to rip up the body of a large dog. The eggs of the ostrich are very large; so large, indeed, that one will furnish a hearty meal for six or eight men; a single ostrich's egg is said to be equal to twenty-eight hen's eggs. The bird lays its eggs in a hollow scooped out in the sand, and they are principally hatched by the heat of the sun. The parent birds never wander very far away from their eggs, and will fiercely attack any enemy that may happen to approach them. All round the nest are laid a number of other eggs, which are not sat upon, even at night, and therefore do not hatch. When the little ostriches are hatched, these eggs seem to be broken, and given to them as food. The natives of Africa put the ostrich egg to a rather curious use. After extracting the contents through a small hole at one end, they employ it as a water vessel. Sometimes, too, the shell is broken up into pieces, which are then carefully chipped into spoons and ladles.. Foot of Ostrich. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Smith, Fred, pseud. , ed. London, Glasgow [etc. ] Blackie and son, Ltd.

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