142 HON. W. ROTHSCHILD ON THE GENUS CASUAEIUS. 



Juv. (three-fourths grown). Casque not yet developed. Crown of head and face 

 black. Occiput dirty brownish white. Fore-neck and upper half of hind-neck dull 

 blue. Large irregular patch between ear-hole and angle of gape buffy pink. Lower 

 half of hind-neck rosy salmon-red. Centre of naked lower sides of neck scarlet-mauve, 

 bordered with a colour mixed orange and cherry-rose. Plumage brown, curiously 

 variegated with black. 



Hab. Low country of N.W. Dutch New Guinea. 



My living specimen performed as follows : — 



It first extends its neck horizontally, then contracts it short and bends it, at the 

 same time inflating it, and then makes a series of at least twelve short and deep 

 grunting notes. Sometimes, when very angry, it, like other Cassowaries, spreads the 

 feathers of the back and hind-quarters out and snarls viciously. 



The young three-quarter grown bird described above is not yet old enough to 

 perform these antics. 



Milne-Edward s's Cassowary was first described by Oustalet from a male killed 

 near Dorei, and brought to Paris by Messrs. Raffray and Maindron. The differences 

 noticed by M. Oustalet are principally in the form of the helmet and the 

 coloration of the naked parts of the head and neck. The latter are, indeed, 

 very conspicuous ; while the form of the helmet is more likely to be an individual 

 character. 



I cannot believe that C. edwardsi is "identical" with C. papuanus; but if it is a 

 subspecies of the latter, then the two forms must inhabit different areas, and it is 

 very likely that one of them frequents the lowlands, while the other lives among the 

 hills. 



An egg laid by a living bird in my possession has the network of granulations rather 

 flat, like those of C. papuanus in the British Museum. It is rather pointed and seems 

 abnormally small, measuring only 125 : 86 mm. 



16. Casuarius lorle Rothsch. Loria's Cassowary. (Plate XXXVIII.) 



1895. Casuarius picticollis Salvad. (nee Sclater), Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xxvii. p. 600 (description !). 



1898. Casuarius lories Rothsch., Novit. Zool. p. 513. 



1899. Id., Bull. B. O. C. viii. p. lvi (June 21st) ; id., P. Z. S. p. 775 (June 20th ; appeared 



Oct. 1st). 



Adult. Bill short and pointed, casque low and much flattened posteriorly. Throat 

 and mesial line of neck dull pink, with three narrow longitudiual lines of blue, rest of 

 fore-neck scarlet. In front of the ear a small patch of livid magenta, above the ear 

 blue. Head and hind-neck bright blue. Anterior portion of naked lower sides of 

 neck livid purple, posterior portion scarlet, the whole surrounded with blue. Plumage 

 black, long and silky. Legs horny grey. Iris hazel. 



