6. THE NATURAL HISTORY 
Gans oe. | STRUTHIO. 
THE OSTRICH, 
The bake is rather conic, bis like a ages and 
founded at the end. a 
_ The noftrils-are oval. 
The wings fmall in proportion to the body, a ain not fit. 
for flying. 
The feet formed for running, with only two toes to each, 
het placed ee oa 
HE Black, or Canicl Ofttich, baa two 
toes: its body is the largeft of any bird’s 
that is known, and about feven feet high. ‘The 
Offrich is not able to fly; its feathers are loofe in 
their webbs, foft and downy. 
The upper part of the head is faked: the eye- 
lids above and below are fringed, its breaft is cal- : 
’ Jous, (that Ve the {kin there is hard,) and there — 
are two fpurs on each wing. ‘The feathers are 
oftentimes worn by foldiers in their Caps, and by 
~~ Jadies in their hats. 
The tail is white, the: quill hiss are white, A 
and the thighs and the fides under the wings are 
Ware of feathers. 
The feathers which grow out of the Oftrich’ $4 
wings are all fingle, os heir webs are long, 
feparate 7 
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