AN ENORMOUS BIRD.

Evening Star, Issue 4083, 28 March 1876, Page 4

AN ENORMOUS BIRD.

The fabulous ‘‘ roc pf the Arabian Nights befinihofcaltogether.a merely imaginary thing, for we note that an enormous and wonderful bird is reported to seed in New ©uinea'i by the' explorevayoi 'the newly Baxter Bnter/iin-that immense island,- The accotint of A 4, * s Mr .Henry Sj^fchurst, ■tfho wAa 'the' engineer of .the '‘steamer in which the stream was explored. ‘ Prom his ifiijrna)* puhlished m the London ‘Daily Trews,.’,' we 'tahe .the .fallowing’ description olthA-bird.:— We . often heard the natives speakjpf-a. largo bird which: ponld flyiaway with a Kangaroo .or a large turtle, but I scarcely credited the statement until I saw two of the bird6myself. One was seated on the trunk large tree; and rose as we approaehed; ’ The noise caused by, the flapping of it£ Feseiubled. the sound of the loco® fflbtiyir pnlling' a: long tram very slowly. away-we heard another coining, with just the sound of an approach(,£r)right) train. '>l had a good opportumty .of observing it, .audit appeared to be sixteen or eighteen feet across the wings asit flew f the body dark the breast Whitdf- nCck long, and bbak long and straight Odr giriia'B&d no effect*oh” it.'-' 1 feel sure I struck jk but it flew on as unconcernedly as ever.- 1 This is a strange story, butithppears to be attthentic.