586 DROMiEIDj;. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Feathers of the body uniform greyish, with 



the tips black. 

 a'. Larger : total length about 78 inches ; 



feathers of the neck greyish, with the 



tips black novm hollmidia, p. 586. 



b'. Smaller : total length about 55 inches ; 



feathers of the neck entirely black .... ater, p. 588. 



b. Feathers of the body barred alternately with 



silky white and darkish grey throughout 

 their length, terminating in a black tip, 

 margined posteriorly with rufous irroratus, p. 589. 



1. Dromaeus novae hollandise. 



New Holland Cassowary, Phillip, Bot. Bay, p. 271, c. fig. (1789); 

 White, Journ. Voy. N. S. Wales, p. 129, c, tig. (1790) ; Lath. Syn. 

 Suppl. ii. p. 290 (1801). . _ ' 



Casuarius novte holiandise. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 665, n. 2 (1790) ; 

 Bonn. Erie. Meth. i. p. 5 (1790) ; 8haiv, Nat. Misc. iii. pi. 99 

 (1792); Illin. Prodr. Mamm. et Av. p. 247 (1811); Fremery, 

 Proqr. Spevim. zool. sistens obs. prcps. osteal, de Casuario Norm 

 Hollandio), pp. 1-86 (1819) ; Cuiu Reyn. An. 2nd ed. i. p. 497 

 (1829) ; Thienem. Fortpjl. yes. Yog. i. Heft, p. 3, t. i. f. 2 (egg) 

 (1845). 



Struthio novae hollandise, Meyer, Syst.-Summar. Uebers. d. neust. 

 zool. E^it.d. in Neuholl. u. Afrika, p. 59 (1793) (Jide Ranzani). 



Emu of New South Wales, Collin s Voy. ii. pi. iv. p. 307 (1802). 



Dromiceius novse hollandiffi, Vieill. Analyse, p. 54 (1816) ; Steph. 

 Gen. Zool. xi. 2, p. 439 (1819) ; Less. Man. ii. p. 210 (1828). 



Dromaius ater, part., Vieill. N. L). x. p. 212 (1817): Less. Tr. d'Orn. 

 p. 9 (part.), pi. 2. f. 2 (1831) ; Parker, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 517 (sacral 

 vertebr£e). 



Dromaeus novae hoUandiae, Ranz. El. di Zool. iii. 1, p. 99 (1821) ; 

 Bp. Compt. Rend, xliii. p. 841, n. 4 (1856) ; Bartl. P. Z. S. 

 1859, p. 205, 1860, p. 205; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1860, pp. 211, 248, 

 372 ; Geofr. St.-Hil. Acclim. et Doinest. An. Utiles, 6d. iv. 

 p. 403 (1861) ; Sclat. Trans. Z. 8. iv. p. 3(J0, pi. Ixxv. (1862) ; 

 id. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 234 (incubation) ; Holland, J. f. O. 1864, 

 p. 199; Kaugldon, Pr. R. h-ish Acad. ix. pp. 487-497 (mus- 

 cular system) (1865) ; Ilartm. Zool. Gart. 1866, pp. 69-72 

 (breeding); Parker, Phil. Trans. 1866, pp. 113-183; Murie, 

 P. Z. 8. 1867, pp. 405-475 (tracheal pouch) ; Hu.vley, t. c. p. 422, 

 f. 3 (under view of the skull) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1869, p. 628 (breed- 

 ing) ; Sundev. Meth. nat. Av. disp. Te7it.^. 152 (1872) ; Covghtrey, 

 Pr. Liverp. Soc. 1872-73, pp. 293-299 ; id. Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. 

 (4) xii. p. 217 (1873) (tracheal pouch) ; id. Pr. Liverp. Soc. 1872- 

 73, pp. 327-333 (1873) (heart) ; Peh. Ibis, 1873, p. 120; Garrod, 

 I>. Z. S. 1873, p. 470 (both carotids), p. 644 (muscles) ; Gieb. Thes. 

 Orn. ii. p. 59 (part.) (1875) : Bodinus, J. f. 0. 1876, p. 341 

 (breeding) ; Harting |- Mosenth. Ostriches Sf Ostr. Farm. pp. 131- 

 144, tig. p. 132 (1877); Forbes, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 314, f. 5 (vent) ; 

 Ed. Ibis, 1877, p. 237 (note) ; Gibson, Pr. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1876- 

 78, p. 200 (reared in Scotland); Nathus. J.f. O. 1879, p. 246 ; 

 Malm, (Efv. Ak. Forh. 1880, pp. 33-43, pi. vi. (tracheal pouch) ; 



