The Cassowary. 
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is polygamous, but the curious part of the matter is that 
the females often lay their eggs almost anywhere on the 
ground, and the male takes the trouble of collecting 
them into a sort of nest, and sitting on them until the 
young birds are hatched. When thus occupied, the 
males often become very fierce, and will attack any one 
that approaches them too closely. 
THE CASSOWARY, (Casuarius galeatus,) 
Instead of the beautiful plumes of the ostrich, has his 
wings furnished only with five stiff quills without barbs, 
which project curiously from the feathers of the body. 
His plumage is black ; his head is small and depressed, 
with a horny crown or helmet, and covered with a naked 
red skin ; the head and neck are deprived of feathers ; 
