66 Of the Oftrich. 



Inches long ; each of them fmaller and more delicate, than 

 in the Heron \ and confequently, the crus rigidum, which is 

 attributed to it^ by Tulfy, feems to be without Foundation. 

 The Feathers are fo fcorched, by the Compolition they were 

 embalmed with, that they have loft their original Colour. 

 According to Tlutarch, they fhould be both black and white, 

 as in the neActp;>P5', {Tra'v. p. 394. Not. 8.) That part of the 

 Rump, which remains, is of the fame Bignefs, as in an ordi- 

 nary Pullet. From all which Circumftances, the Ibh appears 

 to have been of a fmaller Size, than our Heron or Bittern, 

 The Figure, which I have of this ^Actp^o'As %eoy, in a Sardonix*^ 

 (the fame like wife, that is upon an Egyptian Medal oi Hadrian, 

 in the fmaller Brafs,) fhews it to come nearer, in Shape and 

 in Gefture perhaps, to the Stork, than to either of the Birds 

 laft mentioned. 

 ^„^^ 'h^ There are feveral curious Circumftances, in the Natural 



O finch , as ' 



fh^Bookof Hiftory of the OJirich, that have been omitted by this Gen- 

 J"^' tleman^ in his Defcription of it; (p. 109. Vol.1.) which few 



Perfons may have had an Opportunity of being acquainted 

 with. Some of the Circumftances likewife will be of no fmall 

 Ufe and Confequence, in illuftrating the more difficult Part of 

 the Account, which we have of it, in Chap, xxxix. of the Book 

 of Job. 

 ver. 13. Gaveji thou i^z gooblj? TiKiaingis unto t$e peacocfe, tir UROiinp mty 

 ^eatlier^ unto t$e SDrtric]^. Which may be rendred thus, from the Ori- 

 ginal, The IVing^ of the OJirich is {quivering or) expanded ' ,• the very Feathers 

 and Plumage of the Stork. 



14. Which Icabct^ ^ (depofts or trujls) ^ec (Eggsi in tlie (Fart]^, aiiJj iuarmetj 



Qcm (viz. by Incubation *) in (the Sand) SDult. 



1 Herodotus (as quoted, p. df. Not, 2.) makes xhelb'is, that was in fo much Veneration, 

 to be all over black, or very black, fJif^a/va S'uva! mm. He delcribes another Species, which 

 was more common, to have a Mixture of black and white Feathers. The fame is oWerved 

 by Stral/O, (1. 17.) cOtttJ jh yoaiw » /ub 7nKa^')aJ\i!, « Si oA» [xi^cuva. 



2 Expanded or quivering. HD'^yj luiel-ofob, ala qtu extdtarefad:a eft. Radix olas pro- 

 prie eft erpa^i.i^»y, vibrantem motam edere, irrequieta jadatione agitari. Vid. p. 277. Lib. 

 Jobi, Schultenf. Ed. Vir. CI. R. Grey. S.T.P. 



3 Which leaveth, 3Tyn taz.ob, mandat. £xquifite locatum illud taz.ob, relinquic, quod 

 duplici poteftate nunc auftum ; prima deponendi, prout onus ponitur & traditur alteri 

 portandum. Altera vis infert Derelidionem, quam hie omittendam non elfe, fequentia 

 fatis arguunt ; etiamfi ifta defertio non tam ftride fit fumenda, ut ftatim atque ova depo- 

 fuerit, ea derelinquat j nam fat longum fspe tempus incubat, quia & excludit baud raro 

 ova ; fed tamen tam treplda & ftupida eft natura, ut ad minimum ftrepitum fugiat, ovaque 

 fua deferat, quae deinceps prse vecordia invenire non valet. Id. p. 278. 



4 Several natural Hiftorians, and, among the reft, Mr. Ray (probably by underftanding 

 taz.ob as of a total Derelidion,) have fuppofed the Eggs of the Oftrtch to be hatched intirely 

 by the Sun : (quae in arena condita, folis duntaxat calore foveri dicuntur. Raij Synop. Av. 

 p.3(5.) whereas the original Word Oann tehhammm, figniBes that Jhe heatetb them, viz. 

 by Incubation. 



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