GALEATED CASSOWARY. 



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inch thick ; this is yellowish at the back, but 

 blackish on the fore-part : the sides of the head 

 are naked, being, as well as the neck, covered 

 only with a wrinkled reddish skin, thinly beset 

 with hail's, and tinged with a cast of both blue and 

 purple : on the lower part on each side, forwards, 

 are placed two fleshy membranes, one inch and a 

 half long, and three quarters broad, part red, part 

 blue, and take rise about the middle of the neck, 

 where they are very slender : on the breast is a 

 callous bare part, on which the bird rests its body 

 when on the ground : the body in general is co- 

 vered with brownish black loose-webbed feathers, 

 two of which arise from one shaft for the most 

 part ; on the rump these feathers are fourteen 

 inches long at least, and hang downwards in place 

 of a tail, for the bird is destitute of one : the wing, 

 or what is in the place of it, is not furnished with 

 feathers, having only five bare shafts, like the 

 quills of a porcupine, the longest ten or twelve 

 inches, and of a dusky colour ; at the end of the 

 last joint a kind of claw : the legs have all the 

 three toes placed forwards, and each furnished 

 with a claw, which is almost straight and pointed ; 

 the inner one the longest : the colour of the legs 

 and toes greyish brown : claws black.'* 



This species inhabits the eastern parts of Asia, 

 towards the south, being found in the Molucca 

 islands, those of Banda, Java, Sumatra, and parts 

 adjoining, but nowhere in plenty, nor ever be- 

 yond the limits of the torrid zone. The deep 

 forests of the island of Ceram, along the southern 

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