WHITE'S JOURNAL OF A 
are much more like thofe of the oftrich than the common 
Caflbwary, both in fhape and iize. Upon the upper part 
of the head the feathers, with which it is but thinly 
covered, are very fmall, looking more like hair than fea- 
thers, and in having the neck pretty well clothed with 
them, except the chin and throat, which are fo thinly 
covered, that the fkin, which is there of a purplifh colour, 
may be feen clearly. The fmall wings are exceedingly 
fhort, which form a ridiculous contrafl with the body, 
as they are even lefs than thofe of the Caflbwary: they 
have no large quills in them, being only covered with the 
fmall feathers that grow all over the body. Another Angu- 
larity alfo prefents itfelf in this fpecies, which is in refpe£t 
to the legs. As to the back part of them, the whole 
length is indented^ or fawed, in a remarkable manner. 
The toes are three in number, the middle one long, the 
other two fhort, with flrong claws, not unlike the fame 
part of the common fpecies. On examining the vifcera, 
they differed from that of every other fpecies of the fea- 
thered kind which 1 had ever feen; particularly in having 
no gizzard, or fecond ftomach ; and the liver was fo 
very fmall, that it did not exceed in lize that of a black- 
3 bird. 
