585 



Order III. CASUARII. 



Hallux absent. Three front toes, with claws ; middle phalanges 

 shortened. 



Maxillo-palatiues large, fused with vomer and pnemaxilla. 



Vomer long, articulating with palatines and pterygoids. 



Procoracoid process small. Clavicles rudimentary. Tibia without 

 bony bridge. 



Aftershaft very large, as long as the principal shaft. 



Caeca small, functional. 



Australasian. 



Key to the Families. 



a. No casque on the head ; bill broad . . 1. Dromseidse, p. 585. 

 h. A casque on the head ; bill narrow . . 2. Casuariidae, p. 590. 



Family I. DROM^EID^. 



The Dronueida', containing only one genus, Bromaus, have the 

 bill moderate and broad, with the culmen at the base elevated and 

 sloping to the tip, which overlaps that of the under mandible ; the 

 nostrils placed in a large membranous groove, with the opening 

 anteriorly and oblong oval. Wings rudimentary. Tail not appa- 

 rent. Tarsi very long, strong, and mostly covered in front with 

 reticulated scutes, except near the toes, where there are a few 

 transverse ones, and posteriorly with a series of rough scales. 

 Toes moderate, the lateral ones unequal, the inner one the shortest; 

 the claws moderate, strong and obtuse. 



liauffe. Confined to Australia. 



1. DROM^US. 



lype. 

 Dromiceius (errore), Vieill. Analyse, p. 54(1810). . 1). iiovieln-lIaiiUiie. 

 Dromaliis, ]'ieill. op. cit. p. 20(1816): id. N. D. 



X. p. 211 (1817). 

 Dromaeus, Itmiz. El. di Zool. iii. 1, p. 88 (18i']). 



Tachea, Flem. Phil, of Zonl. ii. p. 2b7 (1822) I), iiovic hullandia;. 



Dromiceus, Su: Class. B. ii. p. 34fi (18-'!7). 

 Dromeieus, A. Xeirhni, Diet, of Ii. p. 213 (iiolf) 



(pt. I, IW).-!). 



Knmje. Confined to Australia. 



