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Such is the account of the birds of which drawings c h a Po 
or fpecimens have been obtained from Port Jackfon or ' v 
from Norfolk Ifland. Wild ducks, teal, quails, and other 
common fpecies are numerous in both places, and the 
variety, as well as number of the fmall birds is confi- 
derable. Birds of the Caffowary or Emu kind have very 
frequently been feen ; but they are fo fliy, and run fo 
fwiftly, that only one has yet been killed. That bird 
was iliot near the camp, while Governor Phillip was ab- 
fent on his firft expedition to Broken Bay, and was 
thought by him to differ materially both from the 
oftrich and calTowary ; the flvin was fent over, but at 
the time when this flieet was printed off, had not been 
Huffed, or put into form. Should it, on examination, 
exhibit any remarkable peculiarities, we fliall endeavour 
to obtain a defcriptioii of it^ to fubjoin at the c^nclu- ^ 
ilon of this volume., : ! 
Since 
