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known to science. There are now nine species known, the others inhabiting 
Australia, New Guinea and the nearby islands. They are about the size of 
ostriches. The top of the bare head projects upward into a helmet-like shape 
and the bare neck is ornamented ’ Th wattles. By reason of the brilliant 
GODWIT. EUROPEAN SNIPE. EUROPEAN LAPWING. 
hues of blue, green and red on the head and neck, and the glossy sheen 
of the blue-black plumage, cassowaries are the handsomest of all the flight¬ 
less birds. The body feathers are of a peculiarly loose and coarse structure, 
and appear more like hairs than the plumage of an ordinary bird; while the 
DUSKY RAIL. CRESTED IBIS. 
CORN CRAKE. COMMON 
PRANTICOLE. TURNSTONE. 
EUROPEAN STILT. 
RUFOUS SANDPIPER. 
