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NEW HOLLAND EMU. 
small a size as to be useless for flight ; they are 
covered with feathers like the rest of the body, 
and when the bird is quite at rest, are scarcely 
discernible therefrom : the legs are dusky and 
stout 5 in colour not unlike those in the other 
species, but are greatly indented or serrated at the 
back part : the three toes placed in the same 
manner, all forwards : so far the external ap- 
pearance of the bird : internally it is said to difier 
from every other species, particularly in having no 
gizzard, and the liver so small as not to exceed that 
of a Blackbird, yet the gall-bladder was large and 
distended with bile : the crop contained at least 
six or seven pounds of grass, flowers, and a few 
berries and seeds : the intestinal canal six yards 
long : the heart and lungs separated by a diaphragm, 
and bore a tolerable proportion to the size of the 
bird. 
“ Inhabits New Holland, where it is not un- 
common, being frequently seen by our settlers 
there, but is exceedingly shy, and runs so swiftly 
that a greyhound can scarcely overtake it. The 
flesh said to be very good, tasting not unlike young 
tender beef.” 
