One presented by Dr. Bennett to Mr. Gould was 5^ inches long by 3^ inches broad ; the ground 

 colour very pale buff, with the entire surface covered with pale green corrugations." 



By comparison with the Cassowary, the Mooruk is a smaller and shorter bird, and has much 



thicker legs, the helmet branches out with two overhanging lobes, " the horny part which unites them 



being lowest in the centre — the back part of this elevated double crest being flat and rising rather 

 obliquely from the head near the occiput." 



"The plumage is uniformly black, and the brilliant red and orange markings so conspicuous in the 

 Cassowary is replaced on the loose throat with beautiful shades of indigo-blue ; legs and feet, pale ash-colour ; 

 The young birds show a good deal of rufous colour on the thighs and under-parts ; the neck is tinted with 

 lovely shades of purple and blue ; the head sparsely covered with blackish hair ; the feet, ash-grey. 



"Habitat: New Britain." (Gould.) 



