Cursores (STRUT HI ONES, RUNNING-BIRDS, OSTRICHES)

Or, der of Ratitæ, of considerable sized body, flat beaks, strong, two or three-toed, running feet. The bones are heavy, the wings reduced; there is no clavicle, and the plumage is scanty on the head, neck, legs, and abdomen. The feathers have a flexible shaft and lax vane. The two-toed Ostriches ( Struthi IMG:content-1058.png:[blocks in formation] editorials in Harper's Weekly from 1857, and as Pres. of the Civil Service Reform League. No American has been more eminent and useful at once in literature and in citizenship.