fpread than in that fpecies ; and on each fide the neck, 

 juft above the axillae, is a fafciculus of long feathers, 

 forming a fort of ruff, almoft in the fame manner as 

 in the Tetrao Umbellus, or ruffed heathcock ; but what 

 eafily diflinguifhes this fpecies, and which Linn/eus 

 has made ufe of for his fpecific chara&er of the 

 bird, is, that the feet are not dida&ylous, or compofed 

 of two toes, as in the common or African fpecies, but 

 are trida&ylous, or compofed of three diftin£t toes ; 

 all which point forwards, and are nearly alike as to 

 proportion : they are likewife all three furnifhed with 

 claws ; whereas in the common oftrich there are only 

 two toes, of which the primary or large one alone is 

 clawed. The colour of this bird (at leaft in the prefent 

 fpecimen) is earthy-brown, paler beneath, and the 

 intermediate orinterior wing-feathers are white. There 

 is fcarce any appearance of a tail, but the feathers on 

 the rump are a very little longer than in other parts. 

 The legs and feet are blackifh. I mould obferve, 

 that this fpecimen is probably not a full-grown one, 

 and is fcarcely half the fize of the common or African 

 oftrich. 



