THE CASSOWARIES AND EMEUS 



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which appears to be confined to the island from which it takes its name, and was 

 the first of these extraordinary birds made known to science, the helmet is flattened 

 from side to side, or compressed, while the wattles on the neck are either two or 

 double; the other representatives of this group are the Australian cassowary (C. 

 australis} of Northern Australia, of which the skull is represented in the figure on 



AUSTRALIAN CASSOWARY. 



p. 2336, and Beccari's cassowary (C. beccarii) and the two-wattled cassowary (C. 

 bicarunculatus) of the Aru islands. Of the second group, the sole representative is 

 the single-wattled cassowary (C. uniappendiculatus} from the island of Salwatti 

 and the adjacent coast of New Guinea, which, while agreeing with the members of 



