. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 165. EMEUS. The Common Emeu, (Droinacus no'vac-JwUandiae), of Aus- tralia, is the iieigiibor of the kangaroo and wallaby, and in form is as odd as are the majority of the birds and mammals of that continent of strange creatures. Its bodj^ suggests a pile of gray-brown hay elevated on stilts, to one end of which a hay-eovered neck and head have been attached. The bird-lover should make much of this creature, for in its home country it has been almost exterminated. Fortu- nately, in clim
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 165. EMEUS. The Common Emeu, (Droinacus no'vac-JwUandiae), of Aus- tralia, is the iieigiibor of the kangaroo and wallaby, and in form is as odd as are the majority of the birds and mammals of that continent of strange creatures. Its bodj^ suggests a pile of gray-brown hay elevated on stilts, to one end of which a hay-eovered neck and head have been attached. The bird-lover should make much of this creature, for in its home country it has been almost exterminated. Fortu- nately, in climates reasonably well suited to it—but not in or near New York—it is possible to breed this bird in cap- tivity. In size the Emeu is next to the African ostrich. The Ceram Cassowary, {Casnarius casnarius), of the Island of Ceram, Malay Archipelago, represents a group which contains a number of well-defined species which are scattered through the northern cape of Australia, New Guinea, the Aru Islands, Ceram, and other islands of Malay- ana east of Celebes. They are all distinguished by their glossy purple or black body plumage—which looks far more like coarse hair than like feathers—their huge legs, and their helraeted heads. The differences between species are based chiefly upon the bright orange red and purple colors of their upper necks and wattles. In size the Cassowaries are all of them smaller than the emeus. In captivity they are the best of all the large cursor-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Zoological Park; Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York New York Zoological Society
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