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Casuarius unappendiculatus suffusus, n. subsp. 



Similar to C. unappendiculatus rufotinctm, but without 

 the orange occipital patch, the blue colour does not run down 

 the fore-neck to the caruncle, and the red colour of the neck 

 is much more fiery and deeper in shade. Casque green, 

 suffused with black, very high and compressed throughout, 

 as in C. casuarius. 



Habitat unknown. 



Casuarius casuarius chimera, n. subsp. 



This most extraordinary bird unfortunately died when 

 only a half -grown chick about the size of a turkey-cock, but 

 its characters are so strange that I cannot refrain from 

 describing it. Casque about f inch high, head and neck 

 still covered with down. Head, occiput, orbital region, and 

 fore-neck dull leaden blue ; cheeks deep blue, with a yellow 

 patch on the lower mandible. Sides of the neck dull 

 lavender. Hind-neck dull greyish pink. Wattles separate, 

 dull lavender-blue. Whole plumage intense black, not brown 

 as in other young Cassowaries. 



Habitat unknown. 



I have now to describe three new species of Casuarius 

 which form an entirely new section of the genus, and I 

 believe, although their habitat is at present doubtful, they 

 will eventually be found to come from the Admiralty 

 Islands. They are still immature and in brown plumage, 

 with their necks much covered with down, but they can 

 nevertheless be easily recognized. 



Casuarius doggetti, n. sp. 



Whole head and neck lemon-yellow, lores, orbit, and 

 ear greenish blue. Bill and undeveloped casque yellow, 

 washed with horn-brown. Two pear-shaped single caruncles 

 on the fore-neck, one above the other. 



This species is named after Mr. F. Doggett, of Cambridge, 

 who has charge of the living birds. 



