GALEATED CASSOWARY. 
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inch thick ; this is yellowish at the back, but 
blackish on the fore-part : the sides of the head 
are naked, being, as well as the neck, covered 
only with a wrinkled reddish skin, thinly beset 
with hairs, and tinged with a cast of both blue and 
purple : on the lower part on each side, forwards, 
are placed two fleshy membranes, one inch and a 
half long, and three quarters broad, part red, part 
blue, and take rise about the middle of the neck, 
where they are very slender : on the breast is a 
callous bare part, on which the bird rests its body 
when on the ground : the body in general is co- 
vered with brownish black loose-webbed feathers, 
two of which arise from one shaft for the most 
part ; on the Yump these feathers are fourteen 
inches long at least, and hang downwards in place 
of a tail, for the bird is destitute of one : the wing, 
or what is in the place of it, is not furnished with 
feathers, having only five bare shafts, like the 
quills of a porcupine, the longest ten or twelve 
inches, and of a dusky colour ; at the end of the 
last joint a kind of claw : the legs have all the 
three toes placed forwards, and each furnished 
with a claw, which is almost straight and pointed 5 
the inner one the longest : the colour of the legs 
and toes greyish brown : claws black.’* 
This species inhabits the eastern parts of Asia, 
towards the south, being found in the Molucca 
islands, those of Banda, Java, Sumatra, and parts 
adjoining, but nowhere in plenty, nor ever be- 
3^ond the limits of the torrid zone. The deep 
forests of the island of Ceram, along the southern 
v. XI. p. II. 29 
