114 HON. W. ROTHSCHILD ON THE GENUS CASUARIUS. 
1862. Schlegel, Jaarb. zool. Genootsch. Nat. Art. Mag. p. 196, 
1863. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 234 ; 
1864. Schlegel, Dierent., Vogels, p. 238; 
1866. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 168; 
1867. Id., op. cit. p. 179 (hatcbed in Society’s Gardens) ; 
1869. Wallace, Malay Archip. 1. p. 156 ; 
1871. Flower, Proce. Zool. Soc. Lond. pp. 32-35 ; 
1873. Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 644: ; 
1873. Rosenberg, Journ. f. Orn. p. 390 ; 
1875. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. pp. 86, 87 ; 
1877. Harting, Ostriches & Ostr. Farm. p. 103, plate ; 
1879. Rosenberg, Malay. Arch. p. 328 ; 
1881. Sclater, Voy. ‘Challenger,’ Birds, p. 64; 
1881. Salvadori, Mem. R. Ac. Se. Torino, (2) xxxiv. p. 188, pl. i. fig. 2; 
1882. Id., Orn. Pap. e Moluce. iii. p. 479 ; 
1891. Thébault, Bull. Soc. Phil. (8) iii. pp. 198-210; 
1891. Salvadori, Mem. R. Ac. Se. Torino, (2) xli. p. 213 ; 
1894. Schalow, Journ. f. Orn. p. 18 (egg) ; 
1895. Salvadori, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 592 ; 
1896. Oustalet, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, (3) viii. p. 263 (one menagerie bird only in Museum). 
1811. Casuwarius casuarius Iliger, Prodr. Mamm, et Av. p. 247. 
1842. Hippalectryo indicus Gloger, Hand-u. Hilfsb. p. 452 ; 
1844. Casuarius orientalis S. Miill., Land- en Volkenk. p. 109 (partim !). 
1872. Hippalectryo casuarius Sundev., Tentamen, p. 152. 
1875. Casuarius javanensis (sic !) Gulliv., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. pp. 478, 488. 
1879. Casuarius beccarii (non Sclater!) Pelzeln, Ibis, 1879, pp. 376, 377 ; 
1881. Id., Ibis, p. 401 (egg). 
Native name: called Suwuri by the Malays; but it is not certain if this is a local name on 
Ceram, or, what is more likely, a word used for all Cassowaries in the trade and of Papuan origin. 
Adult. Bill long; casque large, not very high, and somewhat sloping backwards, 
compressed laterally, of a dark brownish horn-colour. Head and occiput Nile-blue, 
becoming darker on the upper part of the hind-neck. Lower two-thirds of hind-neck 
scarlet. Chin, throat, and fore-neck dark blue. On the lower fore-neck are two large 
lappet-shaped wattles, joined at their base, rugose, granulated, and of a deep pink 
colour. Naked lower sides of neck bluish purple anteriorly and bright scarlet 
posteriorly. Lores black ; iris dark brown; legs brownish grey. Plumage black. Size 
medium. 
Total length about 13 m., bill from gape 98 mm., tarsus 250 to 275 mm., claw of 
inner toe 70-78 mm. 
Young (two-fifths grown). Plumage of various shades of yellowish brown to rufous 
brown. Head and fore-neck dull leaden blue, hind-neck dull yellow, naked lower 
sides of neck a mixture of dull blue and livid purple. 
