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are supposed to have been particularly inspired, as St.
Gregory, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Hilarius, and others.
The dove is also a symbol of simplicity and purity of heart,
and, as such, is introduced into pictures of female saints, and
especially of the Madonna and child. It is also the emblem
of the soul ; in this sense it is seen issuing from the lips of
dying martyrs, and is found in pictures of St. Eulalia of
Merida, and of St. Scholastica, the sister of St. Benedict*.”

Orprr GRALLATORES.

Staututo.—The Ostrich. (Plate XIV.)

This bird is distinguished by its wings being very little
developed ; they are well adapted to assist it in running,
but are totally incapable of raising it in the air, as well by
the different character of the plumage, as by their want of
sufficient size and extension.

Struthio Camelus, the ‘“‘Camel-bird,” so called from the
resemblance its form bears to that well-known animal, is
seven or eight feet in height, measuring to the top of the
head ; the head is small, and, with the neck, is destitute of

* Mrs. Jameson’s ‘Legendary Art.’