[Casuarius galeatus] Cassowary

Scarce c.18th hand coloured engraving of the Southern cassowary by Frederick Polydore Nodder. 

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

From Shaw and Nodder,  The Naturalist’s Miscellany: or Coloured Figures of Natural Objects Drawn and Described Immediately from Nature.

References:
Sitwell, S. Fine Bird Books 1700-1900. New York 1990 : p.142.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 95a.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 324780
State Library Victoria: 9912138123607636
State Library New South Wales: IE3202659
State Library Queensland: 06015666
Wellcome Collection: ESTC T197337