avestruz

(_Rhea rhea_), also called "nandu" and "avestruz" by the natives, or possibly of the smaller species _R. darwinii_; both are found as far south as the Strait of Magellan.

The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century James Alexander Robertson 1906

It is on account of this tricky instinct of the rhea that the gauchos say, "El avestruz es el mas _gaucho_ de los animales," which means that the ostrich, in its resourcefulness and the tricks it practises to save itself when hard pressed, is as clever as the gaucho knows himself to be.

Far Away and Long Ago 1881

So far as the swimming goes, the _avestruz_ can do it, but in quite a different way from swans.

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

There the climate is much colder than up here, and the _avestruz petise_, as the bird's called, seems to like that best; since it's never seen on the warm pampas farther north.

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

"_Gracios a Dios_!" is the gaucho's gratified exclamation at sight of them; continuing in low tone and speaking over his shoulder, "A couple of _avestruz_!"

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

a curious bird, the _avestruz_ is altogether, and a useful one, as we've now good reason to know.

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

"I know the nature of _avestruz_ well enough to say for certain, that, after the scare they've had they'll stay shy for several hours, and

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

"Though the thing isn't generally known," he says, "there are several distinct kinds of _avestruz_ in different parts of the country.

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850

I never heard of a third species, though father has told me of the _avestruz petise_; which, as you say, is only found far south, ranging from the Rio Negro to the Straits of Magellan. "

Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Mayne Reid 1850