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Jndica, 
*Oeii(nc- 
mvi. 
Chiknfts, 
Gamdtis, 
BIRDS. GALLING. 65. Struthio. 
.til 
Above ferruginous, waved with white and blacic, jjiu 
whitifli; chin white; crown, area of the 
ftreak each fide thd head black. IVhite-chi»’' 
Inhabits India, ; lize of the next. Legs browniih* 
Grey; 2 firft quill-feathcrs black, white in 
bill lharp-pointed ; legs cinereous. Thick '^']^ <<' 
Inhabits hurope, AJia and Africa : feeds in the •"§ ' 
worms, caterpillars and reptiles ; breeds in holes, or 
Hones on the bare ground ; eggs copper-cplour, fpod*-' 
sin*; 
d"''' 
darker red ; makes a piercing, Ihrlll rr\', and migrates' ^jlt 
Bill black; legs greenifh-yellow ; lower eyelid 
yellow 5 above and beneath the ey<f a vellow line ; " li 
bill under the eyes to the ears a brown line ; knees d" 
if fwollen ; belly and thighs white. 
Head and throat fmooth ; body white ; crown a nd ' 
thers cinereous ; primary quill-feathers black- ^ 
Inhabits Chidi : larger than O. tarda ; is gregarious, an 
on herbs ; probably not of this genus. 
Tail flrort, feathers i8 ; ices 4, very thick, 
fubconic: 
for 
65. STRUTHIO. Bill 
oval ; -ijdings, fhort, unlit 
Jeel formed for running. 
Feet 2-tocd. ' Blad 
Inliabits J/nVa and Afia : t\it largell of all kno^'n 
8 feet long, and 7—9 feet high ; feeds onalmoftnvr - .^,0^' 
and is fo vOracious that it will dev'our glafs, ftones* ^ (ti 
whatever comes in its way; lays 40 — eggs as larg‘' 
• head of :a child. ^ ' 
Head finall; bill hom-colour ; irids hazel; eyelids ^^^.jtli'' 
head and greater part of the neck bald, flcfli-coloui) 
few fcaitered hairs; feathers of the.ie^y lax, blackj (//’ 
pofitc, the webs each fide equal ; quill and 
inowy, waved, long, here and there on the edge or - if 
callous ; aing-fpurs one at the end of the 
I ftne on the fpurious thighs md flanks 
ftrong, grey-brown ; tees connefted at, the bale, t ’ 
very fhort, unarmed. 
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