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faid in the work above referred to: viz. that it differs 
from all the reft of its tribe in never perching on trees, 
but conftantly frequenting low and fedgy places, running 
along the ground in the manner of a rail. The legs and 
feet are uncommonly thin and delicate, and the claw on 
one of the back toes lengthened out, fo as to refemble in 
fome degree that of a lark. The fize of this fpecies is 
nearly that of a turtle. 
