. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 650 HE pinrd witli flu- soldiers on duty. Oiu; dny, (luriiifr the Icv^.e, wlicn the Donia, wn, cw^vdvxl witli people to see tlio an, .ids and listen to the hiuid, the Eniens niinul,.,! with the crowd, apparently enjoying tlie -ay si-ma around them, when some stranr-er^ who were a raid ot these hirds, ran a\Vii\. On seeing this, the IJneus, enioving'^a rhnsp ]»ursued, and overtaking one nf the gentlemen, took oil' his hat, to his great siiri)rise Tlu' circumstance demonstrates th
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. 650 HE pinrd witli flu- soldiers on duty. Oiu; dny, (luriiifr the Icv^.e, wlicn the Donia, wn, cw^vdvxl witli people to see tlio an, .ids and listen to the hiuid, the Eniens niinul,.,! with the crowd, apparently enjoying tlie -ay si-ma around them, when some stranr-er^ who were a raid ot these hirds, ran a\Vii\. On seeing this, the IJneus, enioving'^a rhnsp ]»ursued, and overtaking one nf the gentlemen, took oil' his hat, to his great siiri)rise Tlu' circumstance demonstrates th^ir fearless nature, and liow remlilv these iioMe' l,i,,k might bo ; '' > whin The colour of the adult binl is lightish brown and grey, but when it is youn^ jf, plumage is deeorated with lour i)nKid, black, loiigitudnial stripes down the back, aiaf fnnr on each side, aud four more down the neck and breast. Tliese strijies run in 'ijiiir- the two streaks of each pair being divided bv a narrow line; of white. Toward, the head th^ stripes are broken into spots and dashes. The feathers are very loose, and hairv in thfir ai)iiearance, and, as is the ease with all the Struthiones, will rejlay a close examination ân account of the great devel()j)ment of the phimes, springing from the shafts tif the leathers. The height of a tine male Emeu is from six to seven feet. _ Another species belonging to the same genus, the Spotted Eaiku (Ih-omauis irrouhus) IS tound in the same e^Mintry, and can be disfinguishcd by its black head and neck and tJie diishes ot brownish black and grey upon its plumage. ' America is not without representatives of this fine group of birt^, three distind species being even mav (I,SGI) in the gardens of the Zoological Society, Tliel{HEA is anative of South America, and is especially plentiful along the rivpr I lata. It IS generally seen in pairs, though it sometimes associates together in ilocks nf twenty or thirty in number. Like
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