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and during the cross-country marches they sometimes dashed 

 across our trail, but afforded scarcely a momentary glimpse. 

 In July, at Parimau, one was often heard calling during the 

 night quite close to our camp, and, judging by the very large 

 tracks it left in the soft mud, I should say that it was a 

 female. A couple of hours after daybreak, on one of the 

 following mornings, a male bird was observed on the bank of 

 the river opposite our camp and within a dozen yards of the 

 village. It was trying to cross the swollen waters to our 

 side ; one of the soldiers fired at it, but with no result. The 

 next morning at the same hour the bird appeared again at 

 the same spot. This time a Gurkha succeeded in wounding 

 it, and, after crossing the river and following it up in the 

 jungle, he at length secured it.'^ 



" This appears to be the commonest Cassowary on the 

 plains and extends on to the lower slopes of the mountains. 

 It was seen singly both in the jungle and in the open stony 

 beds of the rivers, but was by no means easy to approach. 

 Its cry might frequently be heard close to our camps.'* — 

 C. B. B. G. 



Two eggs were taken by a Gurkha from a nest of three at 

 Parimau, Mimika River, 3rd Dec. 1910. They measure 

 respectively 136 x 95 and 140 x 95 mm. 



Two eggs were brought in by a native. Parimau, 23rd 

 Nov. 1910. They measure respectively 133 X 93 and 135 x 

 94 mm. 



One egg was taken from the body of a female. Canoe 

 Camp, Setakwa River, Dec. 1912. It measures 146 x 93 mm. 



One egg was brought in by a native. Canoe Camp_, Setakwa 

 River. It measures 140 x 94 mm. 



Casuarius intensxis. 



Casuai'ius c. inteyisus Rothschild, Trans. Zool. Soc. xv. 

 p. 121, pi. xxvii. (1898). 



Casuarius iniensus Goodfellow, Bull. B. 0. C. xxix. p. 4 

 (1911). 



This species was obtained by the Expedition, but not 

 preserved. Mr. Walter Goodfellow writes ; — " Two or three 



