Of the Oftrich. 6j 



IS. anD forgettet]^ tjat tje^foot map crul^ tijem, or t|jat t|^e loilb215caft 



map bicafe t^cm. 

 1(5. S)l)e ijs j^ar&nelJ agatnff fjeu poung one?, a,5 tjougij ^% were not Jersi; 



ijcr JLaijom; iss in bain tuitljout fear. 

 17- Bccaufe (Bob ]^atlj bcpriiieJj !)er of MiifOom, ncitjrr Ijati) ije imparted 



to fjer l!3nberlfani>ing. 

 1 8. 'QSmijat inime l^e Itftet^ ijcr felf up on ]^ig!j (or, as it may otherwlfe be 



Tranflated,) whe7i fhe raijeth herfelf up to run arvay ', (vit^. from her Pur- 



fuers) 0je fcornet]^ (or laughs at) tfje l^orfe ani> j^ijs KiDrj. 



In Commenting therefore upon thefe Texts, it may be ob- The Fea- 

 ferved, in the firft Place, that when thefe Birds are full grown, and 'white, 

 the Neck, particularly of the Male, which before was almoftthe^w^ or 

 naked , is now very beautifully covered with red Feathers. "'^''^''"* 

 The Plumage likewife upon the Shoulders, the Back, and fome 

 Parts of the Wings, from being hitherto of a dark greyifh Co- 

 lour, becomes now as black as Jet; whilft the reft of the Fea- 

 thers retain an exquilite Whitenefs. They are^ as defcribed 

 at ver. ig. the very Feathers and Tlumage of the Stork \ i. e. 

 theyconlifted of fuch black and white Feathers as the Storh, 

 called from thence ngAoc^y©-, was known to have. But the 

 Belly, the Thighs, and the Breaft, do not partake of this Co- 

 vering. Thefe Parts of the Body are ufually naked, and feel 

 as warm to the Touch, as theFlefli of Quadrupeds. 



Under the Joint of the great Pinion, and fometimes upon Hard point- 

 the lefTer, there is a ftrong pointed Excrefcence, like a Cock's cenccs under 

 Spur ; with which it is faid to prick and ftimulate itfelf, 

 when it is purfued ; and thereby acquire frefli Strength and 

 Vigour. But Nature feems rather to have intended it, to 

 prevent the fufFocating EfFedls of too great a Tlethora ; efpe- 

 cially as the Oftrich appears to be of a hot Conftitution ; with 

 Lungs, that are always confined, and often preternaturally in- 

 flamed, as they muft be, upon thefe Occafions. 



When anv of thefe Birds are furprized , by coming fud- The Swift- 



(,,..- -v^ 11 neJsandAgi- 



denly Upon them, whilft they are feedmg m fome Valley, or Hey. of the 

 behind fome rocky or fandy Eminence in the Deferts, they 

 will not ftay to be curioufly viewed and examined. Neither 



1 Quo tempore in altam fe ad ctirfum inc'itat. CDT103 l/ammorom, in ahum, vel ad ftatu- 

 ram retcirc licet, vel ad edita clivoium, collium &c. Arridet magis prius, quad proceri- 

 ras ftatui'K commcndaretur, quum e nido fuo exfurgens, accedentibus venatoribus, in altiim 

 alas crigit, vel ipfa potius in ahum attollitiir, mole corporis & colli fpatio, ftipra fidem 

 eminens. Schiilt. ut fupra. p. i/p. 



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