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years, and MM. Quoy and Gaimard, the naturalists of 

 a late French expedition which made a considerable 

 stay at Port Jackson, expressly mention having seen a 

 single " superb" specimen of this " very rare" bird 

 feeding upon grass in the governor's garden. 



The four living specimens in the Society's Garden, 

 together with four others at present at the Farm on 

 Kingston Hill, formed part of the extensive collection 

 kept by his late Majesty in the Great Park at Windsor. 

 They bred there as freely as the Emeus or any of the 

 other animals of New Holland, and are all descended 

 from one pair originally brought to this country. They 

 are perfectly tame, and in their behaviour closely re- 

 semble geese, but show more disposition to become 

 familiar. There can be little doubt that they exceed in 

 number all the stuffed specimens that exist in public 

 collections in Europe, the latter, so far as we are aware, 

 being limited to one in the British, one in the Paris, 

 and one in the Berlin, Museums. 



