572 



STRUTHIONIDj;. 



//. Naked parts lead-grey or blue-yrey ; no 



distinct white ring- of feathers on the 



lower part of the hind neck. 



«". Naked skin of he;id, neck, and legs 



bluish grey ; on the crown a horny 



shield of a dirty yellowish, surrounded 



with downy hairs molybdophcmes, p. 574. 



h". Naked skin of head, neck, and legs 

 lead-grey or even white-grey ; no 



horny shield on the crown uustralis, p. 575. 



P'eathers of the body greyish. (Females.) 



1. StrutMo camelus. 



Struthio camelus, Linyi. <S'. X. ed. 10, p. luo, n. 1 (1758: Sj-ria, 

 Arabia, Africa). 



Struthio, Briss. Orn. v. p. 3, pi. i. f. 1 (1700). 



Struthio camelus, Lhm. S. N. i. p. 2(i5, n. 1 (1766) ; Scop. Ann. i. 

 Hlif. Nat. n. 160 (1769); Germi, Orn. ii. p. 29, tt. 137, im, 139 

 (1776) : Gm. S. N. i. 2, p. 726, n. 1 (17d8) ; Lath. Ind. Oin. ii. 

 p. 663, n. 1 (1790) ; Bonn. Enc. Meth. i. p. 1 (part.), pi. 4. f. 1 

 (1790) ; Cuv. Mmag. du Mus. H. N. i. p. 2 (1801) ; Vieill. N. D. iii. 

 p. 85 (part.) (1816) ; Cui\ Regn. An. i. p. 461 (1817) ; Steph. Gen. 

 Zool. xi. 2, p. 423 (part.), pi. 27 (1819) ; Vieill. Gal. des Ois. ii. 

 p. 70 (part.), pi. 223 (1825) ; Less. Man. d'Orn. ii. p. 209 (part.) 

 (1828) ; Cuv. Reg7i. An. 2nd ed. i. p. 495 (1829) ; Less. Tr. d'Om. 

 p. 4 (part.), pi. i. f. 1 (1831) ; Benn. Ganl. Men. Zool. Hoc. ii. p. 47, 

 with fig. (1831); Hio. Class. B. ii. p. 345 (1837); Riipp. Neue 

 Wirbelih. p. 114 (1835-40) ; Temm. PI. Col. i., Tahl. Meth. p. 88 

 (1838) ; Gulliver, P. Z. S. 1842, p. 71 (muscular fibres of heart), 

 pp. 141, 195 (blood-coi-pnscles) ; G. R. Gr. Gen. B. iii. p. 527, 

 pi. 188. f. 4 (head, bill, and foot) (1844) ; id. List B. Brit. Mus. 

 iii. p. 54 (part.) (1844) ; Rilpp. Hyst. Uehers. p. 109, n. 389 (Egypt, 

 Nubia, Abyssinian coast, Sennaar, and Kordofan) (1845) ; Rchnb. 

 Syn. Av., Gallinaceffi, t. 389. fl'. 2198-2205 (1848) ; id. Av. Sgst. 

 Nat. p. XXX (1852); Liclit. Noinencl. Av. p. 88 (1854); Hartl. 

 J. f. O. 1854, p. 212 (Senegambia, Guinea) ; Gosse, Bull. Sac. 

 AccBn. 1856, pp. 290-295 (part.) ; Aucapitaine, t. c. pp. 379-385 

 (domestication) ; Bp. Cotnpt. Rend, xliii. p. 841, n. 1 (1856) ; 

 Hartl. Orn. PFes/rt/)-. p. 206 (Senegambia, Guinea) (1857) ; Hardy, 

 Compt. Rend. xlvi. p. 1272 (egi^) (1858); Hei/gl. Ibis, 1859, p. 343 

 (part. ; about 24° N. lat., Plains of Habab) ; Hoinei/. J.f. 0. 1859, 

 p. 364 (Zool. Gard.) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1860, p. 72 (N. Africa) ; Des 

 Murs, Tr. d'Oologie, p. 361 (1860); Suquet, Rev. Zool. 1861, 

 pp. 467-482; id. Bull. Soc. Acclhn. 1861, p. 142 (incubation); 

 Hartl. J.f. 6. 1861, p. 267 (Bissao) ; Aucapitaine, Rev. ei Maq. 

 de Zool. 1862, p. 414 ; Sclat. Trans. Zool. Soc. iv. p. 354, pi. 69 A. 

 (male) (1862) ; id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 233 (incubation) ; Parker, t. c. 

 p. 511 (sacral vertebra) ; Tristr. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 449 (Belka, 

 b. Palestine) ; Schleg. De Dierent., Voi/els, p. 235, f. p. 236 

 (1884); Wolf, Zool. Sketche.9, 2ud ser.'pl. — (young) (1865); 

 Haughton, Ann. i^- Mag. N. H. (3) xv. pp. 262-272, pis. vi., vii. 

 (muscles of the legs) (1865) ; Macfdister, Pr. R. Irish Acad. ix. 

 pp. 1-24 (1865) ; Haughton, t. c. pp. 50-61 (muscular mechanism 

 of legs) (1865) ; Hu.rley, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 420, f. 1 (under view of 

 the skull) ; Tristr. Ibis, 1868, p. 331 (Belka) ; Desmciire, Bull. Soc. 



