CASSOWARY, 
OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 
•* HE bird, of which the annexed engraving 
is a corre6l representation, was taken alive, 
and carried into the settlement at Port Jack- 
son, about six months before the drawing 
of it was made ; at which time, the subject 
appeared to be about eight or nine months 
old. 
•* In full grown birds, the colour of the fea- 
thers is much darker than in the young ones. 
They are very swift of foot, when pursued; 
and have been known to strike severely with 
the heel. When standing ereft, they have 
a£lually measured full seven feet in height ; 
and, from Mr. CoUins's Account of the Eng- 
lish Colony in New South Wales, lately pub- 
lished, it appears that a female, which had 
been killed, was found to contain exadtly fifty 
eggs. 
The 
