CAYLEY’S BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
Coloured plates by NEVILLE W. CAYLEY 
Text by A. S. Le SOUEF, assisted by CHAS. BARRETT, C.M.ZS. 
With contributions by many Australian Ornithologists 
To be published in parts by ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD., Sydney 
The nomenclature adopted by the R.A.O.U. (‘ Official Check List of the Birds 
of Australia’) will be followed, including any changes that may be made by the 
present Check List Committee prior to the publication of the ‘part dealing with the 
species concerned. 
FORM FOR RECORDING FIELD NOTES 
(Numbers as per R.A.O.U. Check List 1913) 
No... a ens Be nl Name... CASUETAUS..AUStPALLS. WW eeeninnnmnmnnmron 
NOTE:—All replies to the following questions to be based solely on personal observation. 
When this form has been filled in, it should be posted to Mr. NEVILLE W. CAYLEY, 
C/o Messrs. Angus & Robertson Ltd., 89 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, N.S.W. 
1, Vernacular or popular names, stating localities where used :— 
Cassowary 
2, Notes on habits, etc.; type of country favoured by species; state whether 
rare or abundant :— 
N.Queensland. 
_ Cape York Peninsula. Fairly numerous in-the big scrubs 
of the rivers and ranges, from the Pascoe River, south, 
to the Massey River, Single birds only, males, frequen- 
tly Sscen in and along the edges of the scrubs. On two 
occasions, seen bathing in shallow waterholes in creeks 
in the scrub, 
The call is a short, deep-toned, booming note. 
Claudie River. September 16th, 1913. A female flushed 
from a nest at the edge of the scrub, uttering several 
roaring grunts as she ran off; nest contained one newly 
hatched young and two addled eggs. 
Pascoe River. September 26th,1920, Natives brought two 
newly hatched young to the camp, 
This species is frequently speared, and during the nest- 
ine mae numbers of eggs are taken by the Matives for 
ood, 
Rocky scrub. February 2nd, 1922, I found the skeleton of 
a full grown bird in the forest country about 200 yards 
from the edge of the scrub; my horse-boy, a Native, told 
me that it had been killed by Dingoe's, he pointed out 
four places where the bird had been pulled dovm before 
it was finally overpowered and killed, 
we. 
