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The following is a complete list of the known species and 

 subspecies of Cassowary : — 



Camariiis casuarivs (Linn.). — Island of Ceram, Moluccas. 

 Cdsiurrias c. beccnrii, Sclat. — Wokan Island, Aru Islands. 

 Casuarius c. violicolUs, Rotliscb. — Trangan Island, Aru Islands. 

 Casuarhis c. ahijur/ns, Sclat. — Arfak reuiusula and N. Coast of Dutcli 



New Guinea. 

 Casuarius c. sclateri, Salvad. — Soutli and Central Dutch and British New 



Guinea. 

 Casuarius c^Joknsonii, Miill. — Northern Queensland. 



(The name c. australis, Wall, is inadmissible, owing to Shaw's 



previous use of that name for the Emu.) 

 Casuarius bicarunculatus, Sclat.— Islands of Wammer and Kobroor, Aru 



Islands. 

 Casuarius b, salvadorii, Oust. — Arfak Peninsula and North Coast of 



Dutch New Guinea. 

 Casuarius h. intensus, Kothsch. — Southern Dutch New Guinea. 

 Casuaritis b. chimcera, llothsch. — German New Guinea. 

 Casuarius doggetti, Rotlisch. — Admiralty Islands ? 

 Casuarius jamrachi, Rothsch. — Admiralty Islands? 

 Casuarius hagenbechi, Rothsch. — Admiralty Islands ? 

 Casuarius philipi, Rothsch. — r' 



Casuarius nnappendiculatus, Blyth. — Island of Salawatti. 

 Casuarius u. occipitalis, Salvad. — Island of Jobi, Geelvink Bay. 

 Casuarius u. rothschildi, Matschie. — Dutch New Guinea. 

 Casuarius u. aurantiacus, Rothsch. — German New Guinea. 

 Casuarius u. suffiisus, Rothsch. — ? 

 Casuarius u. rufoiincttis, Rothsch. — ? 

 Casuarius u. mitratus, Rothsch. — ? 

 Casuarius roseigularis, Rothsch. — Admiralty Islands? 

 Casuarius claudii, Ogilvie-Grant. — South and Centr.al Dutch New Guinea. 

 Casuarius papuanus, Schl. — Arfak Peninsula, Dutch New Guinea. 

 Casuarius p. edioardsi, Oust. — Shores of Geelvink Bay. 

 Casuarius lorice, Rothsch. — Owen Stanley Mts., British New Guinea. 

 Casuarius picticollis, Sclat. — Low Country, British New Guinea. 

 Casuarius p. hccki, Rothsch. — German New Guinea. 

 Casuarius kegsseri, Rothsch. — Rawlinson Mts., German New Guinea. 

 Casuarius hennetti, Gould.— New Britain. 



The lion. Walter IloTiisciiiLn also exhibited a large 

 number of mounted specimens and skins of Game-Birds^ as 

 well as a mounted example of the Bullfinch, to illustrate 

 alteration of plumage due to derangements of the genital 



