The Birds of Australia 



AVES 



Warm-blooded animals breathing air direct by means of 

 lungs : skin usually covered with feathers : sknll jointed to the 

 backbone by a single condyle : the young hatched out from eggs, 

 usually fed by the parents. 



StIB-CLASS PaLAEOSNATHAE. 



Sternum without keel. 



Order Casuariiformes. 



Hallux absent. Feathers with a large after-shaft. Three 

 front toes with claws. 



Family Dronwidce. 

 No casque on the head : bill broad. Dromceus. 



Family Casuariidce. 

 A casque on the head: bill narrow. Casuarius. 



The Emu. 



Dromceus novce-hollandice. 



These interesting birds are typical of Australia, and fossil 

 remains have been found, which show that they have been here 

 for a great length of time, long before Tasmania was separated 

 from Australia. 



In 1859, Mr. Bartlett described a form of these birds as the 

 Spotted Emu, D. irroratus, but young specimens received from 

 all parts of Australia at the Melbourne Zoological Gardens show 



