. The Avicultural magazine . this mangled relic wasall that reached Mr. Macleay. He sent it to England to theZoological Society; imperfect as it was, it had scientific value asthe second known specimen of a very rare bird. The first Mantells Apteryx to reach Europe alive was afemale, received at the Zoo in 1851. She was a gift from Eyre, and had travelled in state by Havannah,under the care of Admiral Erskine. She became somewhat of acelebrity ; her portrait appeared in the illustrated papers, and variousdescriptions in the press noted her habits and appearance. Anexcell
. The Avicultural magazine . this mangled relic wasall that reached Mr. Macleay. He sent it to England to theZoological Society; imperfect as it was, it had scientific value asthe second known specimen of a very rare bird. The first Mantells Apteryx to reach Europe alive was afemale, received at the Zoo in 1851. She was a gift from Eyre, and had travelled in state by Havannah,under the care of Admiral Erskine. She became somewhat of acelebrity ; her portrait appeared in the illustrated papers, and variousdescriptions in the press noted her habits and appearance. Anexcellent figure, for example, appeared in the Illustrated LondgnNews for December 27th, 1851. The bird is shown in a character-istic attitude, standing huddled up, the tip of lier bill resting on thefloor ; so excellent is the portraiture that she must have been sketchedfrom life—no artist drawing from a skin (or from imagination) couldhave rendered a pose at once so singular and so truthful. The l)ird The Avicultural X^Jliiit^l ;i:ErAHY bird. Characteristic resting attitude. One leg is flexed and the toes contracted and approximated.
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