1. CASrAKIl-S. (iul 



Casque and base of hill black ; tip of the bill horny black ; throat 

 blood-red, but the chin and the mesial part ot the throat flesh- 

 colour, with lonfiitudiual blue stripes ou the chin ; ears surrounded 

 with a blue band above and posteriorly, this band extends forwards 

 under the eyes : below this band there is an irrcj^ularly rhomboidal 

 patch of a ])ale ]Hirple ; hind part of the head and nape" blue, deeper 

 on the occii)ut, lighter on the mesial part of the nape and on the 

 lower part of the hind neck ; a red naked patch on the sides of the 

 neck lower down, surrounded with a blue band ; between this red 

 patch and the red throat, on the sides of the neck, there is a trian- 

 gular purple patch, surrounded with a hlue band. Iris hazel- 

 colour; feet horny grey; plumage black. Total length about 

 5o inches, bill from gape 4-7(>, tarsus 9-60, claw of inner toe 4-90, 



Hah. South-eastern New Guinea. 



a. Ad. St. Discovery Bay, S.E. Zool. Soc. (Rec. 27th May, 



New Guinea.' 1874 : died 10th Oct. 1876.) 



(Tvpe of species.) 



b. Ad. St. S.E. New Guinea. 



c. Pull. sk. Milne Bay, S.E. New H.M.S. ' Basilisk.' (P. Z.S. 



Guinea.' 187.5, p. 349.) 



(]. Skeleton (imperfect) of specimen a. 



11. Casuarius bennetti. 



The Mooruk. 



Casuarius bennetti, r/o«W, P. Z. S. 18o7, p. :2C9, pi. c.wix. ; id. Ann. 

 ^- Ma,/. X. 11. (3) i. J). 299 (1S.-;S) : J.E. Gray, 1'. Z. 6'. 1868, p. 271, 

 pi. cxliv. (egg) ; id. Ann. Sf Mm/. A'. //. (3) i'i. p. 469 (1858) ; Benn. 

 P. Z. *•. 1859, p. 32; 6chit. Uin, 1859, pp. 212, 335; Gou/d, B. 

 Austr. Siippl. pis. 72, 73 (pt. iii., 1859) ; Barf/. 1'. Z. S. 1860, 

 p. 205, pi. cl.xii. {tiir^^) : Sclat. P. Z. S. I860, p. 210 ; id. Ann. ^■ 

 Ma;,. y.H. (3) vi. p. 145 (]800) ; id. Ibis, 1860, p. 310 ; Bennett, 

 Gather, of a Natural, in Australas. p. 243, pi. iv. (1860) ; Sclat. 

 Ibis, 1801. pj). 197, 512 ; id. Trans. Zool. Soc. ix. p. 359, pi. Ixii. 

 (1862) ; Bennett, P. Z. .S. 1862. p. 1 ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1862, p. 324 

 (pulhis) ; Sc/ile(,. Jaarb. zool. Genotsck. Nat. Art. Ma<j. 1862, 

 p. 198 ; Sdat. P. Z. S. 1863, pp. 234, 518, pi. xlii. : Jouan, Mem. 

 Ac. Sc. Nat. Cherb. ix. p. 323 (1863) ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 271 ; 

 Gotild, Ilandb. B. Audr. ii. p. 561 (1865); Sclat. Ibis, \mh, 

 ]). 338; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 1G8 ; F. Schle;,. Zool. Gart. 1866, 

 p. 178: Jouan. Per. Zool. 1867, pp. 75, 76; Sclat. P. Z. S 18(i7, 

 p. 179, 1869, pp. 126, 628, 1871, p. 627 : G. P. Gr. Hand-'Usf. iii. 

 p. 2, n. 9850 (1871): Sdat. P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 149, 150; Gieb. 

 Tkes. Orn. i. p. 595 (1872) ; Schleg Mm. P.-B., Struthiones, p. 4 

 (1873): Benn. ^- Sclat. P. Z S. 1873, p. 519: Garrod, P. Z S 



1873, pp. 470, 644 ; liosenh. J. f. O. 1873, p. 391 ; Bams. P. Z. S. 



1874, p. 325; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1875, pp. 85, 87; Sorln,, P. Z. S. 



1875, p. 362 ; Sclat. Pep. Brit. Assoc. 1875, p. 112; id. J.'f. O. 1876, 

 ]). 258; Benn. S,- Sclat. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 2; Hams. ibid. p. 122 ; 

 Sclat. ibid. p. 414 (live specim.) ; id. P. Z. S. 1877, pp. 97, 113 

 (note); Hartine,, Ostriches i<f Ostr. Farm. :^. 123 (1877); Oust. 

 P. Z. S. 1878, p. 390; Meyer, J. f. O. 1878, p. 203; Ibis, 



