APPENDIX. 
FEATHER of the CASSOWARY. 
The feathers of the New Holland Caflbwary are of a 
remarkable conflrudion ; and may, perhaps, be more eafily 
delineated than defcribed. The fpecimen is figured of the 
exa6l fize, and confifts of two long (lender fhafts, extremely 
flaccid, iffuing from one fmall quill. The feather at the- 
bafe of each fhaft is clofely fet, foft, and floffy, widening 
and growing harder gradually to the tip, refembling the 
texture of a dried plant. 
The colour brownifli alli, whitening towards the quill. 
Itfeems incapable of refifting water, or of holding air. This 
circumftance in the feather, added to the great pliability of 
the fhaft, is a mofl: admirable provifion for a bird whofe 
fafety is entrufted folely to its feet. 
FISH 
