HON. W. EOTHSCHILD ON THE GENUS CASUAKIUS. 



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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. 



Fig. 1. 



Casuarms casuarius sdateri. 



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 

 verticali, brevissimo, crasso ; paleare unico, mediocri, ad apicem diviso ; ungue digiti 

 interni breviuscula ; loris et mento violaceis ; capite et gula cseruleis, paleare rubro. 



"Long. tot. l m 500, rostri hiat. 147 mm., tarsi 300, ungu. dig. int. 80 mm." 



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