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DROMICEIUS. EMU. 
Generic Character. 
Rostrum rectum, marginibus 
valde depressis, apice ro- 
tundato, culmine subcaxi- 
nato. 
Caput pennatum. 
Gula denudata. 
Pedes tridactyli; digitis omni- 
bus antrorsum spectantibus. 
Alee brevissimae. 
Beak straight, the edges 
greatly depressed, the tip 
rounded, the ridge some- 
what carinated. 
Head feathered- 
Throat naked. 
Feet three-toed, all the toes 
placed forward. 
Wings very short. 
Dromiceius. Vieil. 
Casuarius. Lath. 
IHIS genus may be distinguished from Ca- 
suarius, with which it was confounded by Latham, 
by the head being feathered and destitute of any 
protuberance : the wing-quills are feathered, and 
do not, as in Casuarius, consist merely of shafts : 
the hinder part of the tibim is greatly serrated. 
One species only is known, which is a native of 
New Holland. 
