44 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
One of the moft remarkable parts in this bird — 
is its helmet or horn; it goes from the bate of its 
beak to the top or middle of its head; it is black 
before and yellow every where ele. 
The head and upper part of the neck are co- 
vered with a wrinkled fkin, thinly befet with hairs, — 
and tinged with blue, with red, and with purple, 
About the middle of the fore part of the neck, 
where the larger feathers begin, are two flefhy 
membranes, rounded at the ends, and of a red-and 
blue colour. 
_ The wings are fhorter than the wings of-at 
Ofrich, and without feathers, but they confift of » 
five bare fhafts, like the quills of a Porcupine... _ 
~The body. is covered with brownifh black, 
Joofe webbed feathers ; and generally two of tiem 
grow from one fhaft. ‘The bird has no tail, but 
the feathers that grow out from the bottom of the 
back are fourteen inches lone, and hang down- 
Oo? 
wards. On the breaft there is a bare callous’ 
part, that is, a naked hard {kin,. on which the 
Caffowary refts its body when it lies down. 
_ The Dutch fay, that the Caflowary kicks back. | 
wards like a horfe; others that it rufhes.forwards, 
ftriking down and trampling upon the perfon who 
comes againft it. J 



