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the length of the yard was only 12 x 12 feet. I found the adult Cassowaries in full 

 moult in March ; but the new feathers had not all made their appearance in May. 

 During these months specimens in confinement were remarkably irritable and frequently 

 sulky, even refusing their food (which they invariably do when unwell), and were at 

 times very spiteful, even attacking their keepers ; but strangers chiefly come in for a 

 share of their dislike. At all times I have noticed they are very fond of bathing ; the 

 semiadult bird before alluded to, which I forwarded to the Society, was remarkable in 

 this respect, and might frequently be seen waiting at the pump in the yard until some 

 one came for water, when he would sit down quietly under a copious shower, stretching 

 out his neck and ruffling his feathers up to allow the water to reach the skin. They 

 do not like any exposure, and always endeavour to get out of the sun. In the wild 

 state they seldom leave the scrubs, and certainly never do so in the heat of the day 

 unless hard pressed ; but on the whole they are remarkably hardy, and bear confinement 

 well. In February last (1875) I purchased four fine young birds about 6 months old, 

 which were obtained from some settlers in the Herbert River district ; these also I 

 forwarded to England during the same month." 



The eggs of C. c. australis cannot be distinguished from those of C. casuarius, 

 although most of them, but not all, are slightly larger. Eggs laid in my aviary 

 at Tring measure:— 140 : 93, 131:87, 136:88, 138:89, 130:93, 135:95, 132:95, 

 128 : 91, 128 : 92, 129 : 92, 121 : 91 mm. ; two in the British Museum measure 130 : 84 

 and 143 : 91 mm. 



8. Casuarius bicarunculatus Scl. The Two-wattled Cassowary. (Plate XXVIII.) 



J 860. Casuarius bicarunculatus Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. pp. 211, 248, 249, fig. (young: 



locality unknown) ; 

 186*2. Id., Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. iv. p. 358, fig. b, pi. lxxiii.; 

 1862. Crisp, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 137 (gall-bladder) • 

 1862. Schlegel, Jaarb. zool. Genootsch. Nat. Art. Mag. p. 198 ; 

 1864. Id., Dierent., Vogels, p. 239; 

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



1866. Schleg., Zool. Gart. p. 178; id., Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. iii. pp. 250, 347; 



1867. Rosenberg, Reis naar Zuidoostereil. p. 52; 



1869. Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 149 (young, alive); 



1872. Scl., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. pp. 150, 495, pi. xxvi. ; 



1873. Garrod, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. pp. 470, 644. (anatomy) ; 

 1873. Schleg., Mus. Pays-Bas, Struthiones, p. 10; 



1875. Rosenberg, Reist. Geelvinkb. p. 117; 



1878. Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xii. p. 316 (in Bremen Mus.) ; Rosenb. Malay. Arch. p. 373 ; 



1881. Gould, B. New Guinea, v. pi. 73; Salvad., Mem. R. Ac. Sc. Torino, (2) xxxiv. p. 185, pi. 1. 



fig. 1 (head) ; 



1882. Id., Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xviii. p. 414; id., Orn. Pap. e Molucc. iii. p. 475; 

 1894. Schalow, Journ. f. Orn. p. 19 (error: egg, Fly River !!) ; 



