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" Cf. H.A. 559 a 1 fF., where " non-fliers " such as part- 

 ridges and quails are said to " lay their eggs on the ground 

 and to cover them over." Another " non-flier," the ostrich, 

 was believed by the author of Job (xxxix. 14) to behave in a 



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