Note Book VII. Chap. 4. Note (e) — BOOK VII.

[e] The Eggs of the Ostrich being buried in the Sand, are cherished only by the Heat of the Sun, till the Young be excluded. For the Writers of Natural History do generally agree, that the old Birds, after they have laid and covered their Eggs in the Sand, forsake them, and take no more Care of them. Willugh. Ornith. L. 2. c. 8. §. 1.

But there is another Ostrich [of America] which Acaret tells us of, that takes more Care of her Young, by carrying four of her Eggs, a little before she hatcheth, to four Parts of her Nest, there to breed Worms for Food for her Young. Acaret’s Disc. in Philos. Trans. Nᵒ. 89.