"New Holland Cassowary. [Description given.] This bird is not uncommon to New Holland, as several of them have been seen about Botany Bay, and other parts. . . . Although this bird cannot fly, it runs so swiftly that a greyhound can scarcely overtake it. The flesh is said to be in taste not unlike beef."
1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. xi. p. 438:
"The cassowary of New South Wales is larger in all respects than the well-known bird called the cassowary."
1869. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia' (Supplement):
"<i>Casuarius Australis</i>, Wall., Australian Cassowary, sometimes called Black Emu."
1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 73:
"One day an egg of a cassowary was brought to me; this bird, although it is nearly akin to the ostrich and emu, does not, like the latter, frequent the open plains, but the thick brushwood. The Australian cassowary is found in Northern Queensland from Herbert river northwards, in all the large vine-scrubs on the banks of the rivers, and on the high mountains of the coasts."
Ibid. p. 97.
"The proud cassowary, the stateliest bird of Australia . . . this beautiful and comparatively rare creature.'"
1891. `Guide to Zoological Gardens, Melbourne':