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€ASUARIUS. CASSOWARY, 



Generic Character, 



Rostrum rectum, subconi- 

 cum, culmine carinato, 

 apice rotundato, inflexo; 

 mandibula superiore sub- 

 fornicata marginibus dila- 

 tatis, versus apicem emar- 

 ginatis. 



Nares ovatae. 



Caput nudum galeatum. 



Collum nudum, palearibus 

 binis instructum. 



Pedes tridactyli, digitis om- 

 nibus anticis. 



Al(B brevissimae. 



Beak straight, subconic, the 

 ridge keeled, the apex 

 rounded and inflexed ; the 

 upper mandible arched, its 

 margins dilated, and to 

 wards the tip emarginate. 



Nostrils oval. 



Head naked and galeated. 



Neck naked, furnished with a 



double wattle. 

 Feet three-toed, all placed 



forward. 

 Win^s very short. 



Casuarius. Briss. Ray. Lath. Vieil, 

 Struthio. Linn. Gmel, Cuv. 



The Galeated Cassowary is the only species of 

 this genus : it inhabits the torrid regions of Asia, 

 and feeds on vegetables : its wings are very small, 

 and are destitute of feathers : the thighs are naked 

 above the knee. 



