








so THE NATURAL HISTORY 
‘The arms of the Jacana, (that is the ee On 
its wings;) and the pouch in the gullet of the 
_Buftard, are wonderful provifions made for their | 
“ prefervation. 
The unwieldy fize of the Oftrich prevents it | 
from flying, but it is furnifhed with uncommon 
#trength and fwiftnefs, that it may either contend 
with or efcape from its enemies. 
The birds of the next genus that we fhall give | 
an account of are fo fingular and uncommon in 
their form, that it is difficult to arrange them un | 
der any order. Edwards, who has given a vey | 
good etching of the Dodo, fpeaks of it as abi | 
not properly belonging to any yet defcribed, 
From its bulk, its unwieldinefs, from its wing: 
being ufelefs for flying, and its living on the land, 
by fome Naturalitts it has been placed: with ie 
-Oftrich and Caflowary, and a new order has been ) 
formed of them, called the Struthious; by. Lin 
Deus it is placed among the Gallinz. | 
