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of a tail. The legs are ftout, formed much as in the 
Galeated GaiTowary, with the addition of tlieir being 
jagged or fa wed the w^hole of their length at the back 
part. 
This bird is not uncommon in New Holland, as feveral 
of them have been feen about Botany Bay, and other 
parts. The one from which the plate was taken, was 
Hiot within two miles of the fettlement at Sydney Cove, 
and the drawing made on the fpot by Lieutenant Watts, 
The fidn being fent over to England in fpirits, has been 
put into attitude, and is now the property of Sir Jofeph 
Banks, to whom it was prefented by Lord Sydney. Al- 
though this bird cannot fly, it runs fo fwiftly, that a 
greyhound can fcarcely overtake it. The flefli is faid to 
be in tafte not unlike beef. 
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