The large dark quills in the wings of Cassowariesare the secondaries.
In Cassowaries the fronto-nasal region of the skull is produced into an enormous bony crest, and in Hornbills a somewhat similar structure occurs.
Not much seems to be known of the habits of any of the cassowaries in a state of nature.
Conversely they hold that they themselves are cassowaries for all practical purposes.
For example, men of the Cassowary clan in Mabuiag think that cassowaries are men or nearly so.
The ostriches and cassowaries also have only rudimentary wings and are not able to fly.
The rheas, found in South America, and the cassowaries of Australia are the only other living ostrich-like birds.
Cassowaries only lay from three to five eggs, and it seems that the cock bird alone sits on them, and that he also takes care of the little ones after they are hatched.
The terrestrialcassowaries are equally absent; and thus we can account for the presence of all the Moluccan or Australian types actually found in Celebes without supposing any land-connection on this side during the Tertiary period.
Illustration: A pair of cassowaries proved that the presence of man did not disturb these peaceful solitudes.
Several cassowaries bounded over the plain with unapproachable swiftness.
The bows and arrows employed for hunting animals and cassowaries are also the same as those used for war; but these are not much used.
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