EMEU ie 
Of the Emeus (as the word is now restricted) the best-known 
is the Causuarius nove-hollandivx of Latham, made by Vieillot the 
type of his genus Dromeus,! whence the name of the Family, 
Dromxidx, is taken. This bird immediately after the colonization 
of New South Wales (in 1788) was found to inhabit the south- 
eastern portion of Australia, where, according to Hunter (//ist. 
Journ. ete. pp. 409, 413), the natives called it Maracry, Marryang, 
Esev. (From Mosenthal and Harting’s Ostriches, etc.) 
or Maroang; but it has now been so hunted down that not an 
example remains at large in the districts that have been fully 
settled. It is said to have existed also on the islands of Bass’s 
Straits and in Tasmania, but it has been extirpated in both, 
1 The obvious misprint of Dromeicus in this author’s work (Analyse ée., 
p- 54) has been foolishly followed by many naturalists, forgetful that he corrected 
it a few pages further on (p. 70) to Dromatus—the properly latinized form of 
which is Dromeus. 
