CASUAKIID^i:. 



One example in tlie Collection, laid in confinement, is quite smooth 

 and uniformly of a clear bluish-green colour. 



The eggs measure from 4-'J to H in length, and from 3-lo to 3"8 

 in breadth. 



3. Of uncertain origin. Old Collection. 



1. Swan River, W. Australia. Government of Western 



Australia [P.]. 



Australia (Slate). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Australia. Donald Macintosh, Esq. [P.]. 



S. .Vu^tralia. Sir T. Davenport [P.]. 



Tasiiuniia. Dr. Milligen [P.]. 



Tasmania. R. J. Mercer, Esq. [P.]. 



Liiid in confinement. Sir E. G. Loder [P.]. 



1. Laid in confinement. VV. G. Lettson, Esq. [P.]. 



1. Laid in confinement. Sir H. Peek [P.]. 



Family CASUARIIDtE. 



Genus CASUARIUS, Briss. 

 Casuarius casuarius {Linn.). 



Casuarius emeu, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 2, tab. i. fig. 1 (1845-54). 

 Casuarius galeatus, Sclater, P. Z. S. 18()3, p. 234 ; Schaloii), J.f. 0. 1894, 



p. 18; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 592 (1895). 

 Casuarius beccarii, Pelzeln, Ibis, 1881, p. 401. 

 Casuarius casuarius, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 3 (1899). 



The sole egg of the Common Cassowary in the Collection is 

 perfectly smooth, fairlj- glossy, and of a rather bright green colour. 

 The shell is a good deal disintegrated towards the larger end, and 

 portions of an inner shell, of a pale yellowish-green colour, are 

 visible. This specimen was laid in captivity, and is probably 

 abnormal. It measures ow by 3-35. 



Yon Pelzeln (I. c.) describes an egg of this bird as being " pale 

 olive-green, -wath tubercles of a vivid green colour equally distributed 

 over the whole surface." 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 London). 



Casuarius australis, Wall. 



Casuarius australis, Gould, Handb. Birds Anstr. ii. p. 206 (1865) ; North, 

 N. •^■E. Austr. Birds, p. 294, pi. xv. (1889) ; Schalow, J. f. O. 1894, 

 p. 24; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 594 (1895); Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. i. p. 3 (1899). 



The shell of the egg of the Australian Cassowary is of a buff 

 colour. In two of the specimens in the Collection, the reticulations 

 arc of a slightly darker shade of bufi' than the shell: in two others, 



