Ie THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 
SIT can be more delicate than the flesh 
nv of the young ones. There is little 
v2 fit for culinary use upon any part 
of the emu, except the hind- 
quarters, which are of such dimen- 
sions that the shouldering of the 
two hind legs homeward for a mile 
distance once proved to me as tire- 
some a task as [ ever recollect to 
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have encountered in the colony. I 
may remark that its flesh proved 
of the greatest service to Dr. Leich- 
ardt and his intrepid companions 
during their overland route from 
Moreton Bay to Port Essington, in 
the course of which, but more par- 
ticularly between the head of the 
Gulf of Carpentaria and Port Essing- 
ton, the sight and capture of the 
emu was almost a daily occurrence; 
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Photo by ‘Rebeet oD: Carson, Esq.) 
MANTELL’S KIWI, NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND 
When feeding, the kiwi makes a sniffing sound, distinctly audible at some distance so abundant, in fact, was it, that 
he states that he saw in the short 
space of eight miles at least a hundred, in flocks of three, five, ten, and even more at 
a time. On the continent of Australia the emu was formerly abundant about Botany Bay 
and Port Jackson Harbour, but is now only to be seen in the plains of the interior, over 
whose solitudes it roams in great numbers, and where it breeds, depending on the strength 
and swiftness of its legs to avoid the pursuit of the stockmen and their dogs. Farther and 
farther back, however, will it be driven, until it be extirpated, unless some law be instituted to 
check its wanton destruction.” 
In a wild state emeus take readily to the water, and have on more than one occasion 
been seen swimming across a wide river. The South American rhea is also known to be a 
good swimmer. : 
The CoMMON EMEUu is restricted to Eastern Australia. The opposite side of this great 
continent is inhabited by another and very distinct species, known as the SPOTTED EMEU. 
THE APTERYX 
To see the APTERYX at home, we should 
have to travel to far New Zealand, and to 
hunt with infinite patience when we got there. 
Apteryx-hunting, it has been found, to be 
successful, must be done by the help of dogs. 
Sir Walter Buller has written some very spirited 
accounts of such hunts. Europeans, indeed, 
have been singularly successful in this hunting, 
whereby they have done much to enhance the 
value of this bird by hastening its fast ap- 
proaching and inevitable extermination. 
The natives call this bird the K1w1, from 
its call-note, ‘‘ki-i-wi.” These cries are uttered a Fe ea =a 
during the early hours of the night, ceasing OWEN’S KIWI, NEW Te es SOUTE 
after midnight. They appear to have great ISLAND : 
penetrating power. This is the smallest of the kiwis 
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