6 ■ CASTTARIIDJi:. 



they are pale green ; and in a fifth, very dark green. They measure 

 from 5-1 to 5"65 in length, and from 3"3 to 3-6 iti breadth. 



2. Of uncertaui origin. Old Collection. 



1. Northern Queensland. Old Collection. 



2. Rockingham Bay {Cockerell). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Casuarius beccarii, Sd. 



Casuarius beccarii, Salvad. Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. p. 596 (1895) ; Sharpe, 

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



The sole egg of Beccari's Cassowary in the Collection is bluntly 

 biconical. It is of a buff colour, reticulated with dull green. The 

 reticulations and the visible portions of the real shell occupy about 

 the same space. It measures 5"5 by 3-85. 



1. Aru Islands. The Trustees of the Christy 



Museum [P.]. 



Casuarius uniappendiculatus, Bhjth. 



Casuarius uniappendicidatus, Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 419 ; Met/er, Abh. 

 Mus. Dresd. no. 3, taf. 2 ( 1893) ; Srhaloiv, J. /. O. 1894, p. 23 ; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. x.xvii. p. 597 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 i. p. 4 (1899). 



The two eggs of the One-wattled Cassowary in the Collection laid 

 in the Amsterdam Gardens have the ground of a pale green : one is 

 reticulated with dark green ; the other is covered with glistening 

 raised dark green spots, resembling beads. The specimen from 

 Salawati has the ground greenish buff, and the nticulations of a dull 

 green colour. The.se three eggs measure respectively : 5-4 by 3*45 ; 

 5-3 by 3-35 ; 4-7 by 3-5. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, M. Frank, Esq. [C.]. 



Amsterdam). 

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



Amsterdam) [Westermann). 



1. Salawati. Dr. Kaup [P.]. 



Casuarius papuanus, Schleg. 



Casuarius papuanus, Schalow, J. f. O. 1894, p. 20 ; Salvadori, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xxvii. p. 599 (1895) ; Sharpe, Eand-l. i. p. 4 (1899). 



The two eggs of Westermann's Cassowary laid in the Antwerp 

 Gardens are of a pale greenish-buff colour, reticulated with very 

 dark green. The one found in Northern New Guinea has the 

 ground of a pale buff colour, and the reticulations are dull bluish 

 green. They measure respectively : 5-95 by 3-65 ; 5-25 by 3-4 ; 

 5-1 by 3-3. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



Antwerp). 

 1. Northern New Guinea. Charles Hose, Esq. [P.]. 



