362 REPTILES AND BIRDS. 
is every reason for thinking that these Birds might be successfully 
acclimated in Europe. 
The Cassowarys (Casuarius emu, Fig. 145) form a genus of birds 
allied to the ostrich, although they differ from it in some particulars 
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Fig. 144.—The Rhea. 
—their shape is not so elegant, and their wings are even less adapted 
for flight ; for so short are they, that they are pefectly useless, even to 
assist in running. ‘Their long blackish feathers are almost devoid of 
side fringes, which gives their plumage a resemblance to coarse hair ; 
their feet are provided with three toes, This Bird was called the 
