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days after we landed at the mouth of the Mimika River the 

 Gurkhas brought in the first Cassowary. It was impossible 

 to skin it, but I made a careful note of the colours of its soft- 

 parts. Since looking at Mr. Rothschild's plate of Casuarius 

 intensus, I have no hesitation in attributing it to that species. 

 The casque was erect (not turned over, as in most of the 

 specimens of C. sclateri, of which we subsequently shot 

 many) and finely shaped. The wattles were only partially 

 divided and of a light blue colour with a few pinkish marks 

 on the underside. When I was leaving the country eight 

 months later, one of the Gurkhas brought in the head of 

 another specimen identical with the first. So far as I 

 know, this species was never met with on the Upper Mimika, 

 whereas C. sclateri was common to both parts and tolerably 

 numerous." 



