oiH CASVAR1IDJ5. 



the anterior one ; head pale greenish blue ; neck purple-blue, red on 

 the hind part ; naked surface on each side of the neck purple-red, 

 edged with blue anteriorly ; caruncles close together, flesh-colour. 

 Total length about 60 inches, bill from gape 4*91, tarsus 10'22, 

 nail of inner toe 3-14. 



Young. Feathers of the body brown ; head and neck covered 

 with short feathers ; casque very low ; caruncles very short ; skin 

 of head and neck blue, of hind neck ochreous yellow. 



Hah. Ceram. 



a. Ad. St. ■ Purchased. 



b. Imm. St. Purchased. 



c. Juv. St. Zool. See. 



d. Juv. St. Lidth de Jeude Coll. 



e. Skeleton. Purchased. 

 /. Imperfect skeleton. Purchased. 

 ff. Sternum of spec. c. Zool. Soc. 



4. Casuarius australis. 



Casuarius australis, IJ'a/l, Illusfr. Si/f/n. Herald, 1854, 3rd June ; 

 Goidd, P. Z. S. 1857, pp. 269, 2^ ; G. It Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, 

 p. 196 ; id. Cat. B. New Gimi. p. 61 (1859) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1860, 

 p. 210; id. His, 1860, p. 310 ; id. Tr. Zool. Soc. iv. p. 360 (1862) ; 

 Schler/. Jaarb. zool. Genotsch. Nat. Art. Mag. 1862, p. 200; Gould, 

 Hart'db. B. Amtr. ii. p. 206 (1865) ; F. Schleg. Zool. Gart. 1866, 

 p. 180 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1866, pp. 168, 557, & 1867, p. 242 ; Benn. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 473 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1868, p. 376 ; id. His, 1868, 

 p. 348 ; Bams. P. Z. S. 1868, pp. 381, 388 ; Gould, B. Austr., 

 Siippl. pis. 70, 71 (pt. i., 1869) ; Kreft, His, 1869, p. 348 ; His, 

 1870, pp. 119, 120; G. R. Gr. Hand-lid, iii. p. 2, u. 9851 

 (1871); Flou-er, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 32 and foil, (skeleton); Sclat. 

 P.Z.S. 1871, p. 647 (a specimen in confinement); Gieb. Thes. 

 Orn. i. p. 594 (1871); Scldeg. Mus. P.-B., Struthiones, p. 9 

 (1873) ; Pa7ns. P. Z. S. 1874, p. 325 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 2, 

 82, 85, 86, 87 ; id. Aat2ae,xu. p. 516 (1875 j ; Sorbi/, P. Z. S. 1875, 

 p. 362 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 469 (a second specimen in confine- 

 ment), & p. 527; Bayns. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 119 & foil. ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 

 1876, p. 414 ; Bams. Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 18« (1876), ii. 

 p. 196, n. 559, & p. 376, pi. xi. (head) (1877 ) ; Kreft, P. Z. S. 1877, 

 p. 28 (specimen in confinement) ; Hartiny, Ostriches and Ostr. 

 Farm. p. 95 (1877); His, 1877, p. 237; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1878, 

 p. 214 ; Meyer, J. f. O. 1878, p. 203 ; His, 1879, p. 96 ; -Scte. List 

 Vert. An. 7th ed. p. 472 (1879) ; His, 1881, p. 500 ; Salvnd. Mem. 

 R. Ac. Sc. Tor. (2) xxxiv. p. 192, tav. i. f. 3 (head) (1881) ; id. 

 Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 473 (1882) ; Srlat. Lid Vert. An. 8th ed. 

 p. 548 (1883) ; Rams. Tab. Lid Austr. B. p. 19, n. 571 (Cape York, 

 Rockingham Bay) (1888); LundwUz, Among Cannibals, pp. 98, 

 99 (1889) ; North, Nests and Eggs P. Austr. p. 294, pi. xv. (egg) 

 (1890) ; Sharpe, Cat. Osteal. Specim. R. C. S. iii. p. 439 (1891) ; 

 Sekal. Zeitschr.f. Ooloyie, 1892, p. 11 ; id. J.f. O. 1894, p. 24. 



Casuarius johnsouii, F. Muell. Australasian, Dec. 15th, 18U(J ; id. 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 242; Benn. i,- Carron, ibid. pp. 473, 474; Krefft, 

 ibid. p. 483; Diygles, Orn. of Austr. pts. xii., xiii. ; Ibis, 1868, 

 p. 348 ; Kreft, Ibis, 1869, p. 348 ; Neict. Ibis, 1870, p. 120. 



Casuaris regalis (errore), Ri senb. J.f. O. 1873, p. 390. 



