The word Emu is not Australian, but from thePortuguese Ema, the name first of the Crane, afterwardsof the Ostrich. Verbenaceae. Crawford, `Transactions of the New ZealandInstitute,' vol. Ridley,`Kamilaroi,' p.
`Royal Commission, Report on Fisheries of Tasmania,'p. Laughing jackass (q. TheEuropean bald-coot is Fulica atra. In 1814, RobertBrown the Botanist speaks of Terra Australis, not of Australia.
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