THE 



SOUTHERN CASSOWARY. 



Generic Character. 



Bill depreffed, ftrait, nearly conical. 

 Wings extremely fmall, and unfit for flight. 

 Feet trida&ylous, with all the toes {landing for- 

 ward. 



Specific Character, &c. 



DARK-BROWN CASSOWARY with unarmed 

 head. 



NEW-HOLLAND CASSOWARY. 



Whitens Voyage, pi. l. p. 129. 



One of the moft remarkable birds which the conti- 

 nent of New Holland has yet afforded is a fpecies of 

 Calfowary which differs from the common or African 

 kind in fo many refpects as to leave no doubt of its 

 being perfectly diftinft. In fize it is confiderably fu- 

 perior to the common Calfowary, having been feen of 

 the height of at leaft feven feet. Its general colour is a 

 fort of cinereous brown, fomewhat paler beneath. The 

 head is deltitute of that horny creft which fo ilrikingly 

 diftinguifhcs -the African fpecies ; and die neck inftead 

 of being furnjlhed with a wrinkled longitudinal red- 

 and-blue lkin and wattles as in that bird, is covered 

 M 2 with 



