The Hiftory ^ANIMALS, 
481 
BIRDS 1 
C&/J the Fifth . 
GALLING 
T H E beak of the Gallinaceous tribe is conic, and fomewhat incurvated, and 
the upper chap is imbricated. This clafs comprehends the oft rich and caf- 
fowary. 
STRUTHIO, 
T H E feet of the Struthio have only two toes to each, and thofe are both placed 
forward j and the head is fimple, or not ornamented with the appendages, 
which are common to many of this clafs. Of this genus there is but one known fpe- 
cies, which is the common oftricL 
Struthio* S£t)t £Dft£lCl)* 
This is the tailed: of all the bird-kind $ when it ftands ere£t, and ftretches it’s head 
to the height, it meafures between feven and eight feet from the ground : the head 
is fmall, in proportion to the body, and is flatted, and in form fomewhat like that of 
the goofe : the beak is alfo comprefled, and of a fomewhat triangulated form; it is 
fmall, in proportion to the fize of the bird, and is of a horn colour, and black at the 
extremity: the Ikin of it terminates in a fort of femicircle at the noitrils 3 the open¬ 
ing of the mouth is large, and is extended nearly to the eyes: the eyes are large, and 
iris is of a hazel colour. 
The head and neck, down to the breaft, or nearly fo, are in a manner naked $ 
they are covered with a loofe and fcattered matter, of a downy or hairy nature, in the 
place of feathers: the legs, and the part of the body that is under the wings, are alto¬ 
gether naked : the lower part of the neck, where the plumage begins, is white: the 
wings are fmall, and ferve only to aflift the creature in it’s running, for they are not 
calculated for flying, as thofe of other birds. 
The body is not large, in proportion to the length of the neck and legs j the feathers 
which cover the back are of a darker colour in the male than in the female, in which fex 
they are only of a deep brown, in the male quite black : they are very foflt, and re¬ 
ferable a kind of wool rather than feathers: the feathers of the wings are of the 
fame colour, only on the upper part they are white as fnow: the tail is of a cluftered 
ftrudture, and in fhape round, not fpread out with breadth as in all other birds j the 
feathers of which it is compofed are white in the male, but in the female they are 
brownifh, but with the tips white j thefe are the feathers fo greatly efteemed. 
The legs are very long, very robuft, and naked; the ftructure of the foot, having 
only two toes, is very particular : the claws are very robuft and large. 
It is a native of Arabia, and other parts of the Eaft, and is often feen in fuch 
numbers together in thofe places, that they have the appearance of an army drawn up 
in order of battle. All the authors who have written on this fubjedt have defcribed 
it, and all under the names of Struthio and Struthio-camelus. 
CASUARIUS. 
9 S""' H E feet of the Cafuarius have each three toes, and thefe are all placed for- 
ward: the head is ornamented with a kind of naked comb. Of this genus 
alfo there is only one known fpecies. 
6 G 
Casuarius, 
