696 Rccenthj inihrislwd OrnUhological Works. 



always has blue in it, and the sexes are almost always alike. 

 They are confined to the eastern hemisphere^ only one genus 

 being restricted to the Australian region. 



The Daceloninae have a flat wide crest^ a moderate or 

 rather long tail, an interrupted dorsal tract, the end of the 

 tibia feathered, and a moderately long second toe. The 

 plumage contains blue and the sexes are usually different 

 above, rarely so below. This subfamily is practically 

 restricted to the Australian subregion. 



Mr. Miller appears to be rather doubtful about the 

 position of the genus Ramphalcyon (formerly known as 

 Pelurgopsis) : he considers that it may be more consistent 

 to make a fourth-subfamily for its reception. He also points 

 out that the current generic names Sauromarptis and Car- 

 cinentis are antedated by Choucalcyon Lesson, 1831, and 

 Lacedo Reichcnb. 1851. 



The second portion of the paper deals more fully with the 

 differential characters of the genera and species of the 

 Cerylinfe. Three genera are recognised — Ceryle for C. rudis 

 alone, Ckloroceryle Kaup for C. amazuna and three other 

 closely allied species confined to the Neotropical region, 

 and Meyaceryle Kaup, with five species allied to C. maxima, 

 found ill both hemispheres. 



North on ilie Australian Cassowary . 



[On the Early History of the Australian Cassowary (Casunrius 

 audralis Wall). By Alfred J. North, C.xM.Z.S., C.M.B.O.U., Ornitholo- 

 gist. Records Australian Mus. x. 1913, pp. 39-48, pis. viii.-ix.J 



The Cassowary of the Australian mainland was first met 

 v.dth by the Kennedy expedition wiiich was sent to explore 

 the country between Rockingham Bay and Cape York in 

 northern Queensland in 1848. Out of eleven persons who 

 composed the expedition only two survived. One of these, 

 Wm. Barron the botanist, described in his narrative the 

 capture of a Cassowary which was shot by an aboriginal — 

 Jackey. This specimen was eaten by the members of the 

 expedition and the skin, which was j^reserved by Thomas 



