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diameter and a depth of about 53 mm. in the middle. The 

 walls of the nest consisted chiefly of green moss^ iutei-woven 

 with ferns and rootlets^ and it was lined with skeletonized 

 leaves and some feathers of Casuarius. The single egg — 

 unfortunately damaged — had a very fine shell, was elongato- 

 ovate in shape, white^ with an irregular ring of brownish- 

 black spots near the larger end and a few such spots all 

 over, and with some underlying grey patches. It measured 

 abont SrS mm. in length and 20 mm. in breadth. 



This contribution was further illustrated by the exhibition 

 of a pair of adult birds of Cnemophilus macp'egorice and two 

 young birds of the same species. 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild also sent the following 

 description of a new subspecies of Cassowary : — • 



Casuarius casuarius violicollis, subsp. n. 



This apparently undescribed form of Cassowary was most 

 nearly allied to Casuarius casuarius salvadorii, but differed 

 conspicuously in the colour of the naked parts and in the 

 very large size, which fully equalled that of C. casuarius 

 aust rails. 



Bill much longer and straighter than in any other 

 species of Cassowary. Casque horny brown, green at 

 base. Face and a broad band running down the side of the 

 bill bluish green. Base of lower mandible dark blue, with a 

 yellow line running along one-third of the length of the 

 mandible on each side. Wattles at base of fore-neck very 

 large, round, and short, 3 x 2 ^ inches, pale blue at base, 

 otherwise pink all over, entirely separate for their whole 

 length, but close together. Auricular orifice larger than in 

 any other Cassowary. Throat and fore-neck bright ultra- 

 marine-blue. Occiput and upper hind-neck pale greenish 

 or eau-de-Nil blue. Lower hind-neck brilliant orange- 

 scarlet. Naked lower sides of neck magenta-purple, bordered 

 anteriorly with ultramarine-blue, posteriorly with orange- 

 scarlet ; the magenta-purple space deeply carunculated and 



