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fore-neck, round and flat, not pear-shaped as in C. wniappendiculatus; upper third of 
wattle purplish red, rest dark blue. Hairy feathers of neck very thick and reaching 
high up the neck. Head, occiput, and upper half of hind-neck very pale greenish blue ; 
lower half of hind-neck pale orange-yellow. Naked skin on lower sides of neck deep 
crimson, fading into cherry-red on the edges. Legs very stout and short; body set 
very low on the legs and very bulky, giving the bird the exact shape Dinornis 
elephantopus must have had. 
“ Hab. Probably Eastern German New Guinea!. 
“ Named in honour of Dr. Philip Lutley Sclater.” 
14. Casuarius PpapuANuS Schleg. Westermann’s Cassowary. (Plate XXXIV.) 
1871. Casuarius bennetti (non Gould, 1857) Schleg., Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iv. p. 53. 
1871. Casuarius papuanus Schleg. (ex Rosenberg MS.), t. c. p. 54; 
1873. Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Struthiones, p. 11 (Andai); Rosenb., Journ. f. Orn. p. 390 ; 
1875. Rosenb., Reist. Geelvinkb. pp. 84, 117, 144, pl. 17 ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. vii. p. 717 
(Andai) ; 
1878. Rosenberg, Malay. Archipel, p. 563; A. B. Meyer, Journ. f. Orn. pp. 200, 203 ; 
1879. Salvad., Mem. R. Ac. Se. Tor. (2) xxxiv. p. 210, pl. ii. fig. 8 (head) ; 
1882. Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. p. 414, no, 7 ; id., Orn. Pap. e Mol. i. p. 499 ; 
1894. Schalow, Journ. f. Orn. p. 20 (egg). 
1871. Casuarius kaupi Sclat. (non Rosenberg, 1861), P. Z. S. p. 627 (Mansinam) ; 
1872. Sclat., P. Z. S. pp. 147-150, pl. ix. (Mansinam) ; 
1895. Salvad., Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 599; 
1896. Oust., Nouv. Arch. Mus. (3) vill. p. 265. 
1872. Casuarius papuensis Sclater, P. Z. 8. pp. 149, 150. 
1874. Casuarius westermanni Scl., P. Z. 8. p. 248; id., Ibis, p. 417 (footnote) ; 
1875. Scl., P. Z. S. pp. 85, 87, 380, pl. xix. ; 
1877. Gould, B. New Guinea, v. pl. 15; 
1878. A. B. Meyer, Journ. f. Orn. pp. 200-203. 
1874. ? Casuarius sp. A. B. Meyer, Sitzber. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ixix. p. 216. 
Native names: the following are given by Rosenberg; but it is, of course, doubtful whether 
they all apply strictly and only to this species, or to several, or whether they are meant for any 
form of Cassowary: “ Mswaar” at Andai, “ Nhamdia” at Hatam, “ Wonggé ” at Dorei. 
Adult. Bill short and pointed ; casque low and much flattened posteriorly, so as to 
make it quite triangular in shape. Face behind eye, and head white. Nape, throat, 
and fore-neck deep blue. Hind-neck scarlet. Anterior half of naked lower sides of 
neck livid magenta-purple, posterior half scarlet. 
In the place where in the Caswarius casuarius and C. unappendiculatus groups 
* There is, however, no certainty about its home. 
