4686 THE ZooLoGist— NovEMBER, 1875. 
Tue first of these sections contains the large species allied to 
the original C. galeatus. These have on their heads an elevated 
casque, laterally compressed and terminating in a ridge in the same 
line as the culmen of the bill. They have also a large fleshy 
caruncle on the front of the neck, ending in two distinct flaps. 
A single species, which stands somewhat alone and forms a second 
section, is also of large size, but has the casque transversely com- 
pressed and ending in a ridge at a right angle to the culmen. It 
has but one medial throat-wattle, whence it has been named “ uni- 
appendiculatus.” The third section embraces the smaller species 
allied to Bennett’s cassowary, or the mooruk. These have the 
casque transversely compressed as in the one-wattled species, but 
have no wattle on the throat—only a bare, brightly coloured space. 
They are further distinguishable by the extraordinary form of the 
claw of the inner toe, which attains a remarkable length and is used 
as a weapon of attack. Of these three sections the following nine 
species are now known with more or less certainty :— 
1. The Common Cassowary (G. galeatus), of which there is now 
no doubt that the island of Ceram is the true habitat. Of this 
species we have now one example, not yet adult, in the Zoological 
Society’s Gardens. 
2. Beccari’s Cassowary (C. Beccarii).—This form is closely allied 
to C. galeatus, but is easily distinguishable from it by having only 
one medial throat-wattle, which is slightly divided at the extremity. 
It has a large elevated casque like the Australian cassowary, and 
remarkably long strong legs. ‘The species was originally described 
by me from a specimen in the Museo Civico at Genoa, which was 
brought by Beccari from the Aroe Islands; but the living individual 
now in the Zoological Gardens (if it is really of the same species) 
was obtained in the south of New Guinea by H.MLS. ‘ Basilisk.’ 
8. The Australian Cassowary (C. australis):— Of this casso- 
wary, remarkable in the adult for its large size and highly elevated 
casque, we have now two specimens living in the Gardens. It 
is a native of Northern Queensland and the peninsula of Cape 
York. 
4, The Two-watiled Cassowary (C. bicarunculatus).—This spe- 
cies, which is easily known, even in the young condition, by having 
the wattles separated aud placed far apart on the sides of the 
neck, was first described from two examples, formerly living in 
the Zoological Gardens, but now dead. There are several stuffed 
