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at 2,220 feet, a large Emu {Dromaius novce-hollandicB) walked 

 sedately past the party, at a distance of 30 to 40 yards. It 

 showed no alarm, and vanished into the timber at the same 

 steady pace — ohne hast, ohne vast. Here Whistlers {Pachycephala), 

 Thrushes [Colluricincla harmonica), and Wonga-Wonga Pigeons 

 [Leucosarcia picata) dominated the bird chorus. Lyre-Birds 

 {Menura victorice) were common in all the gullies. — R. H. Croll. 

 Camberwell, 25/5/16. 



Moulting of the Crested Penguin. — It is interesting to notice 

 how quickly Crested Penguins (Catarr hades chrysocome) shed their 

 feathers when moulting. A large number was shed on one night 

 by a bird in the Melbourne Zoological Gardens, in November, 

 1915 (see illustration). During the process the Penguin will not 



Moulting Pe 



on any account enter the water, and, should it be forced in, 

 scrambles out again as rapidly as possible. 



The feathers come off in patches, starting usually at the back 

 of the head and near the tail. The i)ird naturally is busy 

 preening itself meantime, and when its old feathers are all off 

 it is probably fairly hungry by the time it goes to sea. One can 

 imagine what an enormous quantity of feathers must l)e shed in 



