Show acclimatization OP OF THE OSTRICH in a letter of april 1861 1 I have broken spoken of the attempt to acclimatize t the e ostrich the society of acclimatization tiza tion continues to watch and encourage these efm eff morts efforts they now novy begin to hope that even in temperate climates the ostrich may figure amongst the useful animals the following are the facts upon which these hopes are foaud ed we have already seen that these animals can reproduce in captivity but as yet only in the warm regions of europe at florence marseilles madrid or in algiers this year however a birth of ostriches has taken place in tho the tho cooler region of grenoble ain in tho the garden of acclimatization of the regional society of the alps the ostriches at the time of breeding were kept in a chamber after 46 40 days daya two young ones appeared to which the female see seemed medas as devoted a as she had been indifferent to the eggs on this occasion as has been before observed the little ones placed themselves only und under erthe the malmaud male aud received no nourish ment from the parent after tile the results obtained in in spain and since in in england we may 1 hope opo ope also fo to acclimatize the cass cac cassowary 5 any shumans SH amans manla journal joura |