THE EMEU. 
Dromicetus Nov# HoLLANDIzZ. ViEiu1. 
Tue New Holland Emeu, as well as the Ostrich and the 
Cassowary, to both of which it is nearly related, is now 
generally regarded as belonging to the Rasorial Order, 
the Galline of Linneus, the feet of which are formed 
for running and for scratching up the earth in search of 
the seeds which constitute their usual subsistence. Some 
of the birds, however, which are referred to it, and parti- 
cularly those now under consideration, feed upon fruits 
and roots. ‘The whole of the Order are distinguished by 
a certain degree of convexity on the upper surface of the 
bill, the base of which is enveloped by a membrane, in 
which are situated the nostrils covered by a cartilagi- 
