THE BIRD OF CERAM. 
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which are akin to those of the glowing South, we meet with many 
which are peculiar to Australia, and are found nowhere else. As 
we have seen, the emeu may fairly be regarded as of close kinship 
with the ostrich ; and the cassowary is also a " blood relation," 
although on the " other side." 
Let us own, however, that the cassowary is something more than 
Australian. In the Eastern Archipelago we first meet with a species 
peculiar to the island of Ceram ; to the west of which it is not found. 
THE CASSOWAKY. 
" A large and extraordinaiy bird," says Mi'. Wallace, " which inhabits 
the island of Ceram only. It is a stout and strong bird," he adds, 
"standing five or six feet high, and covered with long, coarse, black, 
hair-like feathers. The head is ornamented with a large horny casque 
or helmet, and the bare skin of the neck is conspicuous with bright 
blue and red colours. The wings ai-e quite absent, and ai'e replaced 
by a group of horny black spines like blunt porcupine quills. These 
birds wander about the vast mountainous forests that cover the island 
of Ceram, feeding chiefly on fallen fruits, and on insects or Crustacea. 
