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with the rifle in killing a very fine specimen, and wounding another, 
which was afterwards secured. 
Uses.—The blacks eat the flesh with the skin upon it, regarding 
it as a highly luscious treat ; the young men and the boys are not 
allowed to feed upon it. The flesh, which is mostly on the hinder 
quarters, has been compare: to coarse beef, which it resembles ; 
nothing is more delicate than the flesh of the young birds. Dr. 
Leichhardt and his companions used it during their overland route 
from Moreton Bay to Port Essingson. He extracted oil from the 
skin, which he used for oiling the locks of his firearms. First the 
feathers were plucked, then the skin was cut into pieces and boiled. 
A large skin would yield 6 or 7 quarts of oil. It is clear, and of a 
bright yellow or golden colour, Stockkeepers use it for sprains in 
the legs of horses or cattle. The eggs are used for ornaments, being 
sometimes cut and mounted in silver as milk-jugs or sugar-basins, 
The blacks use the fibula as ornaments, and sew their cloaks and 
bags with the tendons of the muscles of the legs. In Western Aus- 
tralia they use bunches of feathers as ornaments, cemented together 
with grass-tree gum, bunches being tied round the arms and on the 
hip under the waistband. A representation of this bird marks the 
two-penny postage stamp. It is also used as an emblem for Australia 
sometimes in conjunction with the kangaroo. 
Acclimatisation.—Y ears ago some emus were sent to England, 
and placed on the estate of the late Duke of Newcastle. They 
browsed in Clumber Park with his cattle; being hardy they with- 
stood the cold of winter, and here it was clearly proved that emus 
breed under restraint, and that the young are produced by 
incubation. In 1868 the hen laid 27 eggs, seven being left in the 
nest. The cock sat on them for 8 days, when, being disturbed by 
the hen, he left the nest for 8 days, during which the eggs were 
exposed to the cold of Feb. He then began a second incubation, 
which lasted 62 days, during which he left the nest but three times, 
and refused the food that was offered. Of the seven eggs one was 
rotten, two young ones died in the shell, and four were hatched. 
But one being accidentally killed by the male bird, the other three 
were taken away and brought up by hand. In the Zoological 
Society’s Gardens, London, emus have on several occasions reared 
their young, the period of incubation being 56 days ; alsoin France, . 
in the Royal Park, near Madrid, and at Vienna. 
BLoop-STAINED CockAtoo—Cacatua sanguinea. 
Description.—The crest, under and upper surface, wings and 
tailare white; the feathers next the bill and underneath the eye 
are spotted with blood red; the bases of the inner webs of the 
rimaries, secondaries and tail feathers are sulphur yellow; the 
eet are mealy brown, and the irides dark brown. The sexes are 
alike. The length of the bird is 14 inches, of the wing, 10 inches, 
of the tail 5} inches, of the bill 14finches. ' 
