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species, Apteryx mantelli from the Northern, and A. 
australis from the Southern Island of New Zealand. 
The Drom#1D# are comprised in two genera, Casz- 
arius and Dromaeus; of the former there are nine 
species, and of the latter two. ‘The Cassowaries are 
all inhabitants of the Papuan sub-region, that is New 
Guinea and the adjacent Islands, one species being 
found in North Australia; all are ornamented with 
a large horny casque, the bare skin of the neck 
conspicuously coloured bright blue and red, the 
‘body covered with coarse black fanlike feathers, and 
the wings replaced by a group of black quill-like 
spines ; they wander in the forests feeding chiefly on 
fruits. We possess but one species, Casuarius 
galeatus, from the Island of Ceram. Of the Emeu, 
Dromeus nove-hollandig, we have three specimens. 
There are two species both inhabiting Australia. 
Next to the Ostrich this is the largest of existing birds. 
They are most interesting birds, and capable of domes- 
tication, breeding freely in confinement, but like so 
many other species are disappearing as the country 
becomes settled. Of the genus S¢ru¢hio, containing 
only one species—the giant Ostrich—we can exhibit 
only a newly-hatched example in the down ; but of the 
next genus /’/e1, we havea fine example. These birds” 
lack the beauty of plumage possessed by the Ostrich, 
but nevertheless are clothed with feathers which possess 
a considerable market value, their consequent total 
extinction is therefore only a question of time; it is 
with extreme regret that we have again to express the 
oft-repeated lament, that the ruthless demands of a 
passing fashion should entail the destruction of some 
of the most beautiful and interesting inhabitants of the 
globe, 
