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AMERICAN OSTRICH, 
Generic Character . 
BUI depreffed, rounded at the end. 
Wings ufelefs for flight. 
Legs naked above the knee. 
Specific Character . 
OSTRICH with three-toed feet. 
The Struthio Rhea, or American Oftrich, one of 
the rareft of exotic birds, and which appears to have 
been hitherto almoft unknown in Europe, and fcarce 
ever feen by any European naturalifl, and which moll 
certainly has never before been figured, is here faith¬ 
fully reprefented from a very fine fpecimen lately fent 
from America to the Leverian Mufeum. In its habit, 
or general appearance, this bird at firft fight bears a 
near refemblance to the common or African Oftrich ; 
but the wings, though ufelefs for flight, are compofed 
of feathers which greatly exceed thofe of the common 
oftrich: they are alfo loofer, and more divaricated or 
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