136 HON. W. ROTHSCHILD ON THE GENUS CASUARIUS. 



described by Oustalet as a distinct species under the name of Gasuarius laglaizei ; it 

 may stand as 



Casuarius unappendiculatus occipitalis aberr. laglaizei. 



[1893. Casuarius laglaizei Oust., Bull. Soc. Philom. (8) v. no. 9, pp. 1-3 (Jobi Island) ; 1896. 

 Oust. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Paris, (3) viii. p. 265, pi. xv. (Specimen killed on Jobi and 

 purchased by Laglaize ; type of C. laglaizei, in Paris Museum. Careful description 

 and measurements and plate to show the supposed specific value, in which, however, I 

 do not believe at all.)] 



It is most probable that it was C. unappendiculatus occipitalis of which A. B. Meyer 

 (Sitzber. Ak. Wiss. lxix. p. 217) says that it occurs on Jobi, where it is called 

 "Orawai," and of which Rosenberg had received some reports from the natives when 

 stating (' Reistochten,' p. 117, and Malay. Arch. p. 563) that Casuarius papuanus 

 occurred also on Jappen — the usual Dutch name for Jobi Island in Geelvink Bay. 

 Beccari brought a grand adult male from Ansus, on Jobi Island, to Italy, and this was 

 at once recognized by Count Salvadori as an undescribed form. In a footnote appended 

 to Beccari's interesting ornithological letter in the Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, vii. p. 718, 

 our learned friend diagnosed this form as follows : — 



" Casuarius occipitalis mihi. 



" Casside compressa, postice depressa ; appendice colli antici, ut videtur, nulla ; 

 capite, gula et parte superiore cervicis cseruleis ; macula occipitali et colli parte nuda 

 inferiore flavis ; area nuda laterali colli imi carnea." This diagnosis is followed by a 

 more detailed Italian description. Needless to say, the Count always recognized the 

 close relationship this bird had to Casuarius unappendiculatus from Salwatti. In the 

 ' Catalogue of Birds,' xxvii. p. 599, he says that it is " very similar to C. uniappendi- 

 culatus, but differs in having a triangular yellow patch on the occiput, the posterior 

 surface of the casque narrower, the single caruncle smaller." 



The measurements of the type are, according to Salvadori : — Total length about 

 1 m. 670 mm., bill from gape 137 mm., tarsus 280 mm., claw of inner toe 70 mm. 



One egg obtained by Doherty on Jobi Island, and doubtless belonging to this form, 

 unless more than one occur on that island, shows a good many rather isolated knobs, 

 thus closely resembling those of C. unappendiculatus, which show this character. 

 It measures 144 : 95 mm. 



11. Casuarius unappendiculatus aurantiacus Rothsch. Eastern One-wattled Casso- 

 wary. (Plate XXXII.) 



1899. Casuarius uniappendiculatus aurantiacus Rothsch., Bull. B. O. C. vol. viii. p. 1 (17th May), 

 p. lvi (21st June) ; id., P. Z. S. 1899, p. 774 (June 20th; published Oct. 1st). 



Adult. Face, head, chin, and nape of neck bright turquoise-blue, darker round eyes 



