Nests and Eyys of Emus and Cassowary of Australia. 225 
large in number and weighty, a third ring in the shape of a 
collar is placed round the horse’s neck. 
The following is the data of some of the nests I examined 
on the spot :— 
1. 10th June 1895. Nest placed among dry herbage 
about a foot high (chiefly Calocephalus), 3 feet from the base 
of two small trees (one dead). Herbage plucked from round 
about, mixed with a few of the bird’s own feathers, and 
formed into a bed about 4 feet in diameter. Eggs 8 in 
number, 
2. Nest situated 6 feet from base of medium-sized dead 
tree. Seemed to be a good layer of dry Calocephalus tramped 
down into the form of an oval bed, 4 feet long by 24 feet 
broad. Eggs 8. 
3. llth June. Nest situated 4 feet from base of tree in 
a comparatively open locality, composed of bark, grass, and 
herbage, evidently gathered or plucked from close round 
about by the sitting bird, there being a clear space or ring 
1} foot broad surrounding the bed, which was oval in shape, 
4 feet by 2} feet in dimension. Eggs 8. Sitting bird, after 
being flushed, was unhappily run down by the dogs. On 
dissection it proved to be a male. 
4, 12th June. Nest in a slight hollow in a patch of 
herbage, chiefly cane-grass, locally so called, in open timber. 
As usual the grass was cleared up well immediately round 
about and formed into a good bed, 5 feet long by 3 feet 
broad, and about 2 inches in thickness. Eggsagain 8. This 
nest, from which I flushed the bird, was only 50 yards from a 
frequently used buggy track. 
5. Nest placed under small dead tree, with some sprouting 
saplings from base. Bed formed of dead leaves (Lucalyptus) 
and grass in addition to a few of the bird’s feathers, but 
chiefly the Huwcalyptus leaves evidently plucked from the 
branchlets above. Eggs 8, and 1 fractured shell. This 
nest was picturesquely situated, being protected in front 
by dead branches, and made a splendid photograph. 
6. 13th June. Nest found about 50 paces from a wire 
boundary fence, and under a small tree with branching 
suckers from base, surrounded with a few large fallen sticks ; 
