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birds have. In order 
to rescue it from this 
suspicion, Mr. Jesse 
mentions that a female 
emu belonging to the 
late Duke of Devon- 
shire, at Chatsworth, 
laid some eggs, and, as 
there was no male bird, 
she collected them to- 
gether herself and sat 
upon them. With what 
result is not recorded. 
Oe 
THE first of the three 
Plovers, Pictures re- 
Swans and produced 
Ganncts ong neenerdt 
page 1s an inhabitant of 
the Fish House, where 
the hght is very bad 
for photography. ‘This 
is the Golden Plover, 
kept the aviaries at their farm near Kingston, scientifically known as Charadrius pluvnalis, 
it is recorded that a pair of emus had five because it is said to be most seen and caught 
young ones. The hen, at different times, in a rainy season, although modern obser-- 
dropped nine eggs in various places in the vation has proved that in rainy weather these 
pen; these were collected in one place by birds are wilder and harder to approach than 
the male, who rolled 
them gently and care- 
fully along with his 
beak. He then sat 
upon them himself, and 
continued to do so with 
the utmost assiduity 
for nine weeks, during 
which time he was 
never observed to leave 
the nest, nor the 
female to take his 
place. When the 
young were hatched, 
he alone took charge 
of them, the hen not 
appearing to do so in 
any way. It must not 
be supposed that the 
female emu is not 
possessed of that 
natural affection for ; : SN 
its young which other a is AUSTRALIAN EMU. 
CHILIAN SEA EAGULE. 
