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usually bulky and hard of digestion. It was probably 

 on account of this slight deformity that the female took 

 upon herself, soon after their arrival in the Gardens, to 

 tease and worry him in various ways, so that the poor 

 bird was literally henpecked by his mate. This system 

 of persecution was at length carried so far that it was 

 found necessary to separate them, and the female has 

 now the whole enclosure to herself. She is a remark- 

 ably fine bird, in excellent health and condition, and, 

 when her neck is elevated to its utmost pitch, is fully 

 eight feet in height. They were both formerly in the 

 possession of the late Marchioness of Londonderry, on 

 whose death they were presented to the Society by the 

 Marquis of Lothian, in the spring of the present year. 



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