Australian Cassowary.

Scarce c.19th hand coloured engraving of the Australian Cassowary.

Common name: Southern cassowary, Australian cassowary
Modern binomial name: Casuarrius Casuarrius
First described: 1758 Linnaeus
Distribution: QLD. Northern Cape York Peninsula.

References:
Nissen, C. Die zoologische Buchillustration. 1969 Hamburg: ZBI 2612.

Collections:
State Library New South Wales: 991018170519702626
State Library Victoria: 992670043607636
State Library Queensland: 992416864702061
State Library South Australia: 500.9 R888 b
State Library of Western Australia: 590.2 ROY
Wellcome Collection: WT/D/1/20/1/82/96