g6 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
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Gexvus 57° STRUT.HIO. 
THE OSTRICH. 
The beak is inttier conic, deseclied like a duck’s, and 
rounded at the end. 
The noftrils are oval. 
The wings {mall in proportion to the body, and not fit 
for flying. 
The feet formed for fainnitig: with only ¢ two toes to each, 
both placed | gotire | 
HE Bind: . or Camel Oftrich, has two 
toes: its body is the largeft of any bird’s 
that is known, and about feven feet high. The j 
Oftrich is not able to fly ; its feathers are loofe in i 
their webbs, foft and downy. . 
‘The upper part of the head is naked, the eye 
lids above and below are fringed, its breaft is cal- 
Jous, (that is, the fkin there is hard,) and there 
are, two {purs on each wing. The feathers are 
oftentimes worn by foldiers in their caps, and by 
ladies in their hats, 
The tail is white, the quill feathers are white, 
cand the thighs and the fides under the wings are 
bare of feathers. ; 
‘The feathers which grow out of the Oftrich’s 
nes are all fingle, and their webs are long, 
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