fpread than in that fpecies; and on each fide the neck, 
juft above the axillae, is a fafciculus of long feathers, 
forming a fort of rufF, almoft in the fame manner as 
in the Tetrao Umbellus, or ruffed heathcock ; but what 
eafily diftinguifhes this fpecies, and which Linnaeus 
lias made ufe of for his fpecific charafler of the 
bird, is, that the feet are not didaflylous, or compofed 
of two toes, as in the common or African fpecies, but 
are tridaftylous, or compofed of three diftinfit toes; 
all which point forwards, and are nearly alike as to 
proportion: they are likewife all three furnifhed with 
claws; whereas in the common oftrich there are only 
two toes, of which the primary or large one alone is 
clawed. The colour of this bird (at lead in the prefent 
fpecimen) is earthy-brown, paler beneath, and the 
intermediate orinterior wing-feathers are white. There 
is fcarce any appearance of a tail, but the feathers on 
the rump are a very little longer than in other parts. 
The legs and feet are blackifh. I fhould obferve, 
that this fpecimen is probably not a full-grown one, 
and is fcarcely half the fize of the common or African 
oftrich. 
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