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ed; it was in that country called Teir el Naciba, the bird 

 of deftiny. This bird, or the kind of it, is by naturalifts 

 called the Indian crow, or raven ; for what reafon it is thus 

 claiTed is more than I can tell. The reader will fee, when I 

 deicrihe his particular parts, whether they agree with thofe 

 of the raven or not. There is one chara&eriflic of the ra- 

 ven which he certainly has, he walks, and does not hop 

 or jump in the manner that many others of that kind do ; 

 but then he, at times, runs with very great velocity, and, 

 in running, very much refembles the turkey, or buftard, 

 when his head is turned from you. 



The colour of the eye of this bird is of a dark brown, 

 or rather reddifh caft ; but darker ftill as it approaches the 

 pupil ; he has very large eye-laihes, both upper and lower, 

 but efpeCially his upper. From the point of the beak 

 to the extremity of the tail is 3 feet 10 inches ; the breadth 

 from one point of the wing to the other extended, is 6. feet, 

 and the length 22 inches. The length of the neck 10 

 inches, and its thicknefs 3 inches and a half ; the length 

 of the beak meafuring the opening near the head ftraight 

 to the point, 10 inches; and from* the point of the beak 

 to the root of the horn 7 inches and jths. The whole 

 length of the horn is 3 inches and a half. The length 

 pf the horn from the foot to the exeremity where it joins 

 the -beak, is 4 inches. The thicknefs of the beak in 

 front of the opening is one inch and f-g-ths. The thick- 

 nefs of the horn in front is one inch and-f-ths. The horn in 

 height, taken from the upper part of the point to the beak, 

 2 inches. The length of the thighs 7 inches, and that of 

 the legs 6 inches and|ths. The thicknefs in profile 7 lines, 

 and in front 4 lines and a half. It has three toes before 

 and one behind, but they are not very ftrong, nor feem- 



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