CASSOWARY OF TJEW SOUTH WALES. 
** The eggs of this Cassowary, known by 
modern naturalists, under the general name of 
the Cassowary of New Holland, are not so 
large as those of the Ostrich. Their shape 
is nearly an oval, and their colour a bottle 
green. 
** The nest is constru6^ed principally of 
dried fern ; and is formed on the ground, 
usually at the edge of a swamp. In one nest, 
eighteen eggs have been found ; the weight of 
each being about three pounds. The flesh of 
the Cassowary of New South Wales is coarse ; 
but it has often proved, to the writer of this 
/ sketch, when in that country, a welcome and 
delicious meal. 
*♦ A singularitv is noticeable in the con- 
«tru6lion of the feathers, two q^uills proceed- 
ing from each shaft. 
** The food of the Cassowary consists, 
chiefly, of the tops of flowering shrubs, 
rushes, and weeds. On dissecting it, the giz- 
zard has been found extremely large : and the 
tongue 
