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DROMICKIID.E.—CASTJARIIDJE. 
Dromiceius novaehollandiae diemenensis Lo Souef. 
Dromceus diemenensis Le Souef, Bull. Brit. Ornitli. Club, vol. xxi. 
p. 13,1907: Tasmania (extinct). (Fig. Math. i. pi. 2.) 
Dromiceius novsehollandite gunni Mathews, Austral Av. Roc. vol. iv. p. 175, 
1922, new name for above. 
Distr. —Tasmania (extinct). 
Dromiceius novaehollandiae woodwardi Mathews. 
Dromiceius not cell oil an dice ivoodioardi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. 
xviii. p. 175, 1912: Strelley River, Mid-West Australia. (Fig. 
T. Z. S. iv. pi. 76?) 
Distr. —Mid and North-West Austr., Northern Territory, and 
North Queensland (?). 
Dromiceius novaehollandiae rothschildi Mathews. 
Dromiceius novceliollandicc rothschildi Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. 
xviii. p. 175, 1912 : Gracefield, South-West Australia. 
Distr. South-West Australia. 
Sub-Genus PERONISTA Mathews. 
Peronista Mathews, Austral Av. Bee. vol. i. p. 107, 1912. Type 
(by original designation) : Dromaius peroni Bothschild = 
Casuarius diemenianus Jennings. 
Peronista diemenianus (Jennings). 
Casuarius diemenianus Jennings, Ornithologia, p. 3S2, 1828 (1827, 
Nov.): Kangaroo Island, founded on Latham’s description of 
Peron’s Plate (Voy. d6couv. aux Torres Austr. vol. ii. pi. xxxvi. 
1816). (Fig. Q&l des Ois. ii. pi. 226; Math. i. pis. 3 &4; 
Peron, pi. 36, and Rothsch. Extinct Birds, pi. 40.) 
Dromaius peroni Rothschild, Extinct Birds, p. 235, pi. 40, 1907: Kangaroo 
Island. 
Dromaius parvulus Mathews, Birds Austr. vol. i. p. 19,1910 ; Kangaroo Island 
(ex Gould, 1842). 
Dromiceius spenceri Mathews, Nov. Zool. vol. xviii. p. 176, 1912: King Island 
(? Kangaroo Island). 
Distr. — Kangaroo Island, off South Australia. (Extinct: only 
one skin known ; in Paris Museum.) 
Family CASUAK1ID/E. 
Genus CASUARIUS Brisson. 
Casuarius Brisson, Ornith. vol. v. p. 10, 1760. Type (by tautonymy) ; 
Struthio casuarius Linn. 
Casuarius casuarius Linn. 
Distr .—Moluccas, Papuasia, Queensland. 
