emeu, emu, emou

[ Eme or Emeu is the name of the Ca owary ( Casuarius gale at us ) in Banda.] Ornith.: The Australian Ca owary ( Dromaius Novæ Holland i a ), called by the natives Parembang. It is of the family Strut hi on ide. The bill is depre ed; the head is devoid of a helmet, the portion round the ear the only one naked; plumage brown; the feathers more bearded than in the Ca owary; no wing-spurs; height, five to seven feet. The emeu runs very fast, is gregarious, kicks at pursuers, inhabits Australia, but is retreating before the colonists. Its flesh is eaten, so also are its eggs. The emeu is often brought to this country to be exhibited in menageries. emeu-wren, s. Ornith.: Stipiturus mala chur us , one of the Sylviadæ occurring in Australia. The resemblance to the emeu is in the tail feathers, which, as the specific name implies, are soft.