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NEW SOUTH WALES. 44l 



with a spot of golden yellow, changing accord- 

 ing to the lights in which it is viewed to green 

 and copper bronze, and forms on the wing be- 

 ing closed two bars across. The bill and legs are 

 red ; the chiri and fore part of the head are of a 

 buff colour, and a streak of brownish red passes 

 each eye ; the two middle feathers of the tail are 

 lighter than the other parts of plumage, which 

 inclines to a dull lead colour with a bar of black 

 near the ends. 



PORT JACKSON THRUSH. 



The top of the head is of blue grey ; the hind 

 part of the neck and the back is of a fine brown ; 

 the wings and tail are lead colour; the under 

 parts of the bird are white, except part of the 

 neck which is chocolate ; the bill is of a dull 

 yellow, and the legs are brown. 



THE EMU. 



The Emu of New South Wales has by som$ 

 been thought to resemble the Emu of India, 

 and by others the Ostrich of Africa, but Sir Jo- 

 seph Banks is said to be of opinion, that it is 

 very similar to the American Ostrich. 



The Emu of New South \^ales measures 

 from the head to the foot from seven to eight 

 feet, its general colour of a dull red brown ; on 

 the neck is a short space of purple ; the feathers 

 are all small and a few like hairs hang under the 



