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appear to be delicate and never to live long, and none ever seem to reach the size in 
captivity which the species attains in a wild state. Adult wild specimens of this race 
are the largest Cassowaries known. The fine adult bird from which the description and 
accompanying photograph were taken was shot by Mr. Emil Weiske on the Brown River 
in S.E. New Guinea. 
Casuarius casuarius sclateri. 
Sclater’s Cassowary was at first thought to belong probably to Beccari’s Cassowary ; 
it was then separated, and afterwards united with the latter by Count Salvadori. ‘The 
original diagnosis of this form is as follows :— 
““ Medius, niger, casside parum alta, crassa, superne rotundata, latere posteriore fere 
yerticali, brevissimo, crasso; paleare unico, mediocri, ad apicem diviso ; ungue digiti 
interni breviuscula ; loris et mento violaceis ; capite et gula ceruleis, paleare rubro, 
“Long. tot. 1" 500, rostri hiat. 147 mm., tarsi 300, ungu. dig. int. 80 mm.” 
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