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V. Obfervations upon the Dijjeftlon of an Oftrich, 
communicated in a Letter to the Publijher^ by 
the Ingenious Mr^ George Warren, Surgeon in 
Cambridge, 
Sir, 
J Thought my felf obliged to lay before you a few 
Oblervations I made in difTed-ing the Male-Oilrich 
which died at Stur bridge-? air ; tho’ indeed. Dr Brown 
has fo well deferib’d the Parts oi that which he dif- 
ieded [rhilof. 5.] that I think, there is not 
much to be added. I prdume, an Odrich is allow’d 
now not only to be a Bird, but a Water-Fowl, ayd of 
the Goole-kind : For tho’ I believe it does not fwdm, 
yet It has Legs long enough to go into deep Waters, 
and a Neck long enough to dip to the bottom of any 
Water where it can wade, and a Beak fitly made lor 
the Prey of Filh, as that of a Goofe is. Dr. Brown af- 
firms it has no Epiglottis ; but in this Subjed that 
Cartilage was plainly vifible ^ and indeed, the Rimula 
appeared too open not to require one. The Os Hydides 
is three Inches long from the Bafis; the Mafculi Dire- 
dlores Afpera Arteriae W'ere very plain, large and flrong ; 
the Ring compofed of three Cartilages at the Divari- 
cation 01 the Afpera Arteriay^xy bold ; the two Glands 
on the Carotid Arteries, as large as fmall Eggs. There 
was nothing particular in the Lungs or Heart, but what 
it has in common with other Birds. The two Sto- 
machs, VIZ the Crop and Gizzard, w^re filled with 
half-digelied Grafs, in which were Pome Nails, fome 
Stones of the bignefs of Walnuts, and about fourteen or 
fifteen 
