Species of Cassowaries 



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In size they, are between five and six inches long and about three and one-half 

 inches broad. Wallace, deriving his information from native sources, says of the 

 Ceram species that both male and female take turns in sitting on the eggs, but 

 from observations made on birds in captivity it appears that the duties of 





FIG. 26. Bennett's Cassowary, Casuarius bennetti. 



incubation fall entirely on the male, who also assumes charge of the young 

 until they are able to shift for themselves. 



The Cassowaries, according to Rothschild, are easily separable into three 

 groups, based on both external and anatomical characters. Externally the 

 groups may be distinguished as follows: i. The casque compressed laterally; 

 the fore neck with two wattles. This embraces two species, Casuarius bicarun- 

 culatus and C. casuarius, with seven subspecies. 2. The casque depressed in 



