Dromaius novaehollandiae

This is a species differing in many particulars from that generally known, and is a much larger bird, standing higher on its legs and having the neck longer than in the common one. Total length seven feet two inches. The bill is not greatly different from that of the common Cassowary; but the horny appendage, or helmet on top of the head, in this species is totally wanting: the whole of the head and neck is also covered with feathers, except the throat and fore part of the neck about half way, which are not so well feathered as the rest; whereas in the common Cassowary the head and neck are bare and carunculated as in the turkey.†Aepyornithidae (elephant birds)Apterygidae (kiwi)Dromaiidae (emus)Casuariidae (cassowaries)†Dinornithiformes (moa)Tinamidae (tinamous)Rheidae (rheas)Struthionidae (ostriches)Emus are around all the time, in green times and dry times. You pluck the feathers out first, then pull out the crop from the stomach, and put in the feathers you've pulled out, and then singe it on the fire. You wrap the milk guts that you've pulled out into something gum leaves and cook them. When you've got the fat off, you cut the meat up and cook it on fire made from river red gum wood.The Aboriginal 'Emu in the sky'. In Western astronomy terms, the Southern Cross is on the right, and Scorpius on the left; the head of the emu is the Coalsack.]]Coat of Arms of AustraliaThe emu on a postage stamp of Australia issued in 1942