New York Zoological Society. 
EMU AND YOUNG (Dromaeus novae-hollandiae). Height: 6 feet. Range: South¬ 
eastern Australia. 
Emus are strictly monogamous. Males rear their young after hatching the 
eggs. The eggs are very palatable, and a single one will make a meal for a 
family of bushmen. The eggs require fifty-six days to incubate—the longest 
period known in birds. 
New York Zoological Society. 
ADULT EMU . The emu is 
among the largest of 
present-day birds, being 
surpassed only by the 
cassowary and the os¬ 
trich. In past times it 
was to be seen in almost 
all parts of the Aus¬ 
tralian continent and 
throughout the nearby 
island of Tasmania. To¬ 
day, however, it is found 
only in relatively unset¬ 
tled districts of Aus¬ 
tralia. Emus have been 
extinct in Tasmania 
since 1860. 
