HON. W. EOTHSCllILD ON THE GENUS CASUAKIUS. 143 



The total lenoth of the fullv adult male in the Museum of Genoa is about H m., 

 the bill from gape measures 11^0 mm., the tarsus 244 mm., claw of inner toe 117 mm., 

 according to Salvadori. iMy adult bird froui the Upper Brown River (collected by 

 Weiske) measures :— liill from gape 122 mm., tarsus 246 mm., claw of inner toe 

 70 mm. 



Young (haU-grown) . Ivufous-brown, each feather marked with narrow transverse bars 

 of brownish black. 



Hah. Highlands of S.E. New Guinea. 



Casuarius lurin- was found by Signer I.oria at Moroka in the highlamls of the 

 Owen Stanley Mountains in Britisli New Guinea. The fully adult specimen obtained 

 by Loria is now in tlie Museo Civico of Genoa. Mr. Loria made a coloured sketch of 

 the head and neck, wliich was kindly lent me by Dr. Gestro, and from which our plate 



is taken. 



It is this same bird which is described in the ' Catalogue of Birds,' vol. xxvii. p. 601. 



Another adult bird, a skin which shows the red of tlie neck well, was sent to me by 

 Mr. Weiske from the mountains on the Upper Brown River. I cannot possibly con- 

 found these red-necked individuals with Cnsnnrius picticolUs, which has the neck blue 

 with a small red spot in the centre of the fore-neck, and a red chin when young. 



C. lorias evidently replaces C. picficoUis in the highlands, the latter being, according 

 to our present knowledge, only found in the coast-region. 



T"he second example mentioned in the list of specimens in the ' Catalogue of Birds ' 

 (/. c.) 1 could not find in the collection, at least not under that name. 



17. Casu.\kius picTicOLLis Scl. P.iinted-necked Cassowary. (Plate XXXVI.) 



1871. Casuarius iJtcticnU'is Scl., Rep. Brit. Assoc. \). 138. 



1875. Scl, P. Z. S. p. 81, pi. xviii. (Discovery Bay) ; ibid. p. 319 (puUus, Miliie Bay) ; 



1877. Gould, B. New Guinea, v. pi. 14.; Forbes, P. Z. S. pp. 307, 315, 31(3 (anat.) ; 



1881. Salviid., Mem. Pv. Ac. So. Tor. (2) xxxiv. p. 213, pi. ii. fig. 9 (head) ; 



1882. Salvad., Aim. I^lus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 415, no. S; Salvad., Orn. Pap. e Mol. iii. p. 499; 



1893. (?) A. B. Meyer, Abh. Miis. Dresd. no. 3, p. 29, pi. ii. H-s. 1, 2 (egg) ; 



1894. (?) Sehalow, Jonni. f. Orn. p. 25 (egg) ; 



1895. Salvad., Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 600. 



1881. Casuaiins kaiipt [wm Rosenberg!) Sharpe, Ibis, p. 5(j;).. 



Aihdt. Plumage black ; casque high and depressed posteriorly, black ; bill pointed. 

 black. Occiput and auricular region pale greenish blue. Chin, throat, fore-neck, and 

 nape of neck deep bright blue. In centre of fore-neck a deep red patch. Lower hind- 

 neck pale blue. Lower naked sides of neck bright rose-purple. 



Total length about 1 m. 400 mm., tarsus 245 mm,, bill from gape about 120 ram., 

 inner claw 125 mm. 



