114 BON. W. ROTHSCHILD ON THE GENUS CASUARIUS. 



1862. Schlegel, Jaarb. zool. Geuootsch. Nat. Art. Mag. p. 196, 



1863. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 234 ; 

 1861. Schlegel, Diereut., Vogels, p. 238; 



1866. Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 168; 



1867. Id., op. cit. p. 179 (hatched in Society's Gardens) ; 

 1869. Wallace, Malay Archip. ii. p. 156 ; 



1871. Flower, Proc. 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. Loud. pp. 86, 87; 



1877. Harting, Ostriches & Ostr. Farm. p. 103, plate; 



1879. Rosenberg, Malay. Arch. p. 323; 



1881. Sclater, Voy. 'Challenger/ Birds, p. 64; 



1881. Salvadori, Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Torino, (2) xxxiv. p. 188, pi. i. fig. 2; 



1882. Id., Orn. Pap. e Molucc. iii. p. 479 ; 



1891. The'bault, Bull. Soc. Phil. (8) iii. pp. 198-210; 

 1891. Salvadori, Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Torino, (2) xlii. 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. Casuarins casuarius Illiger, Prodr. Mamm. et Av. p. 247. 



1842. Hippalectryo indicus Gloger, Hand- u. Hilfsb. p. 452; 



1844. Casuarius orientalis S. Mull., 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 Suwari 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 1^ 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. 



