4 CASUARII 
KEY TO THE SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES 
A. Tarsus more than 3o cm, in length. 
a. Feathers of fore-neck black in contrast to the under surface.  . 
a!. Feathers of the upper-surface not wholly blackish 
a!', Feathers of the upper-surface brown and tipped with black. 1. D. NOVASHOLLANDIA! NOVASHOLLANDIA:. 
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b!'. Feathers of the upper-surface brown, nottipped withblack. 2. D. NOVASHOLLANDIA WOODWARDI. 
b!. Feathers of the uppey-surface wholly blackish . . . . 3. D. NovVAHOLLANDIA ROTHSCHILDI. 
b. Feathers of the fove-neck whitish like the remainder of the 
undey-surface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. D. NOVAHOLLANDIZ DIEMENENSIS. 
B. Tarsus less than 30 cm. in length. 
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1. Dromaius novehollandie novehollandiz (\latham) (Plate, Fig. 1-4). 
Casuarius nove-hollandie Latham, Ind. Orn, Vol. 2, p. 665 (1790). 
Dromicetus nove-hollandie Vieillot, Anal. p. 54 (1816). 
Dromaius ater Vieillot (pars), Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. Vol. 10, p. 212 (1817) 
Droméus trroratus Bartlett, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond, 1859, p. 205. 
Dromues nove-hollandie Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 27, p. 586 (1895). 
Dromeaus trroratus Salvadori, ibidem, p. 589 (1895). 
Dromeus nove-hollandi@e Sharpe, Hand-list Birds, Vol. 1, p. 2 (1899). 
Dromeus trroratus Sharpe, ibidem, p. 3 (1899). 
Dromaius nove-hollandie nove-hollandie Mathews, Birds Austral. Vol. 1, p. 3, pl. 1 
(1910.) 
Dromiceius novaehollandiae novaehollandiae Mathews, Novit. Zool. Vol. 18, p. 175 (1912). 
Dromaius novachollandiae novachollandiae Rothschild, Verhandl.V. Ornith. Kongr. p. 151 
(1912). 
Dromiceius nove-hollandie Dubois, Bull. Soc Zool. France, Vol. 37, p. 309 (1913). 
2. Dromaius novehollandiz woodwardi Mathews. 
Dromicetus novaehollandiae woodwardi Mathews, Novit. Zool. Vol. 18, p. 175 (1912) 
Dromiceius nove-hollandie var. woodwardi Dubois, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, Vol. 37, 
p. 309 (1913) 
3. Dromaius novehollandiz rothschildi Mathews. 
Dromiceius novachollandiae rothschildi Mathews, Novit. Zool. Vol. 18, p. 175 (1912). 
Dromiceius nove-hollandie var. rothschildi Dubois, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, Vol. 37, 
p- 310 (1913). 
4. Dromaius novehollandiz diemenensis l.ec Souét, 
Drom@us diemenensis Le Souéf, Cat. Austral. B. Egys and Nests, p. 23 (1904). 
Dromeus diemenensis Le Souéf, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, Vol. 21, p. 13 (1907). 
Dromatus nove-hollandig diemenensis Mathews, Birds Austral. Vol. 1, p. 14, pl. 2 (1910) 
Dromaius novachollandiae diemanensis Rothschild, Verhand. V. Intern. Ornith. Kongr 
p. 151 (1912). 
Dromicetus nove-hollandi@ var. diemenensis Dubois, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, Vol. 37, 
p. 310 (1913). 
5. Dromaius peroni Rothschild. 
Casuarius nove hollandie Péron, Voy. Découv. Terres Austral. Vol. 2, p. 19, pl: 36 
(1816). 
Dromaius ater Vieillot (pars), Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. Vol. 10, p. 212 (1817). 
Dromaius ater Vieillot, Gal. des Ois. pl. 226 (1825). 
Dromaius pavvulus Gould, in Broderip’s Penny Cyclop. Vol. 23, p. 145 (1842). 
Dromaius ater Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, Vol. comm. Centen. Mus. Hist Nat. Paris, 
: p- 246, pl. 5 {1893). 
Dromeus ater Silvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 27, p. 588 (1806). 
k. Australia. 
N. W. Australia, 
S. W. Australia. 
Tasmania (Extinct). 
Kangaroo Is]. (Extinct). 
