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The Cajfowary or Emeu. 



Numb. LX. 



TTS Length from the Tip of its Bill to the End of the Claws was 

 •^ almofl five Foot ; the Height of its Back from the Ground was two 

 Foot iix Inches; from the Knee to the End of its middle Claw twenty 

 Inches ; on the fore Part and Top of its Head grew a horny Subilance ; 

 the Head and Neck, are bare of Feathers, only thin fet with a hairy 

 Down, the Skin under the Down is of a blueifh purple Colour, except 

 the lower Part of the back Side of the Neck, which is of a vermilion Co- 

 lour, as was alfo the two Wattles or Lobes of FlefL which hung down 

 on the lower Part of the Neck almoft as low as the Breaft ; its Bill was 

 near four Inches long, of a moderate thicknefs and ftreight ; its Legs are 

 thick and flrong five Inches and a half in compafs, covered with many 

 broad thick Scales of a yellowifh Colour: they have three Toes all 

 {landing forward, for it wants the back Toe ; the under Parts of the | 



Feet and Heel are callous and hard, v/ith which they ftrike with great 

 Force, and run very fwiftly ^ in the Place of Wings it had two fmall Pi- 

 nions, on each of which grev/ five naked Shafts about two Foot long of 

 a fliining black, and fomewhat like thofe of a Porcupme : it had no Tail ; 

 the Body large inverted with black Feathers of a peculiar Texture, two 

 of them coming out of one Pipe or Flofe, and lying one upon the 

 other, the upper being fomewhat the thicker or groffer, being about 

 feven or eight Inches long, {lender, with thin-fet Filaments oppofite 

 one to another on each Side, and of different Lengths, thofe on the 

 Rump being fourteen Inches long ; thefe Feathers had that Form and Si- 

 tuation, that the Bird at firft fight feemed to be covered with Hair inftead 

 of Feathers refembling the Skin of a black Bear : the Claws were black and 

 large, the infide Claw the longeft. Two of thefe Birds were to be ken 

 at the George Tavern at Charing-Crofs, to which Place I went to draw 

 them. Their Food was Bread, Flelh, Fruit, &'c. which they fwallow 

 very greedily, having no Tongue: they were brought by a Dutch Ship 

 from Pallampafik in Eajl-hidia. 3 



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