BROMICEIUS. EMU. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum rectum, marginibus 

 valde depressis, apice ro- 

 tundato, culmine subcari- 

 nata 



Caput pennatum. 



Gula denudata. 



Pedes tridactyli; digitis omni- 

 bus antrorsum spectantibus. 



Alee brevissimae. 



Bromiceius. VieiL 

 Casuarius. Latk, 



Beak straight, the edges 

 greatly depressed, the tip 

 rounded, the ridge some- 

 what carinated. 



Head feathered. 



Throat naked. 



i^^^^^ three-toed,^ . all the toes. 



placed forward. 

 Wings very short. 



This genus niay be distinguished from Ca;- 

 suarius, with which it was confounded by Latham,, 

 fey the head being feathered and destitute of any 

 protuberance : the wing- quills are feathered, and 

 do not, as in Casuarius, consist merely of shafts : 

 the hinder part of the tibiae is greatly serrated. 

 One species only is known, which is a native of 

 New Holland. 



