THE BIRDS OF AUSTEALIA 



comer of the shrubbery, but he was allowed to ramble about at 

 his own free will. The house was raised some three feet above 

 the ground, and his delight was to creep under it, and to watch 





From, life. 



J. B. Lane. 



Aiistralian Cassowary: Caauarius australis. 



a hen which resorted to the same quarters, and, as soon as she 

 had laid an egg, he would take and eat it. His appetite was a 

 healthy one. At first he would only eat bananas, of which he 

 consumed some ten shillings' worth in a week. The feeding 

 operation resembled nothing so much as the posting of letters 



