THE EPYORNIS ; 
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GREAT BIRD OF MADAGASCAR, AND ITS EGGS. 
In the course of the year 1851, an account was circu- 
lated of the discovery of an immense egg, or eggs, in 
the Island of Madagascar. The size of the eggs spoken 
of was so disproportionate to that of any previously 
known, that most persons received the account with 
incredulity; and, I must confess, I. was one of this 
number. Being in Paris soon after hearing of this 
report, I made inquiry on the subject, and was sur- 
prised to learn, that the great egg was actually exist- 
ing in the Museum of Natural History in Paris. In 
a few days I had an opportunity of seeing a cast of it 
in the hands of the artist, M. Strahl, of whom I 
