(2) The next quotations refer to the New Zealand bird. See Fantail. laurina, Cushion-flower;H. name given to a mound-buildingbird, Megapodius tumulus, Gould.
See Fig. Formerly the word Emu was used inEnglish for the Cassowary, and even for the American Ostrich. North-Island W. 54: The `Yama,' a species of the eucalyptus inhabiting theimmediate banks, grew here, as on the Darling, to a giganticsize.
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