364 DR. SCLATER ON THE STRUTHIOUS BIRDS IN THE SOCIETY'S GARDENS. 



a large Kiwi of the size of a turkey were very common in the snow, and that at night 

 lie had often heard the singular cry of this bird, but that, as he had no dog with him, 

 he had not succeeded in getting an example of it. He had, nevertheless, left with some 

 natives in that district a tin case with spirits, and promised them a good reward if they 

 would get him one of these birds in spirits and send it to Nelson by one of the vessels 

 which go from time to time to the west coast." 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



PIoATE LXVH. a. Adult male Struthio camelus, from an example in the Society's 

 Menagerie, received in February 1859 from Morocco. 



PLATE LXVni. Adult female Rhea americana, from an example in the Society's 

 Menagerie, presented by George Wilks, Esq., July 15, 1856. 



PLATE LXIX. Male Rhea macr or hyncha, from an example in the Society's Menagerie, 

 purchased in November 1858. 



PLATE LXX. Male Rhea darwinii, from an example in the Society's Menagerie, 

 received in October 1858. 



PLATE LXXL Male Casuarius galeatus, from an example living in the Society's 

 Menagerie, received in 1859. 



PLATE LXXH. Male Casuarius bennettii, from the specimen presented by Dr. G. 

 Bennett, F.Z.S., May 17th, 1857. 



PLATE LXXHL Casuarius hicarunculaius,]\iv., from the only example known, received 

 in May 1860, now living in the Society's Menagerie'. 



PLATE LXXIV. Casuarius uniappendiculatus, enlarged from a sketch of the bird living 

 in Calcutta in 1860, by a native Indian artist. 



PLATE LXXV. DrorruEus nova-hollandice , from an example living in the Society's 

 Gardens, 1861, presented by the Marchioness of Londonderry in 

 1857. 



PLATE LXXVI. Dromaus irroratus, from a bird, not quite adult, living in the Society's 

 Menagerie in 1861, purchased May 18th, 1860. 



' This bird died in November 1861, and was pvirchased for the National Collection in the British Museum. 



