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The Descent of Man

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comparison is somewhat difficult to make on<br />

account <strong>of</strong> the double moult.<br />

Turning now to the ostrich Order: the male <strong>of</strong><br />

the common cassowary (Casuarius galeatus)<br />

would be thought by any one to be the female,<br />

from his smaller size and from the appendages<br />

and naked skin about his head being much less<br />

brightly coloured; and I am informed by Mr.<br />

Bartlett that in the Zoological Gardens, it is<br />

certainly the male alone who sits on the eggs<br />

and takes care <strong>of</strong> the young. (21. <strong>The</strong> natives <strong>of</strong><br />

Ceram (Wallace, 'Malay Archipelago,' vol. ii. p.<br />

150) assert that the male and female sit alternately<br />

on the eggs; but this assertion, as Mr. Bartlett<br />

thinks, may be accounted for by the female<br />

visiting the nest to lay her eggs.) <strong>The</strong> female is<br />

said by Mr. T.W. Wood (22. <strong>The</strong> 'Student,' April<br />

1870, p. 124.) to exhibit during the breedingseason<br />

a most pugnacious disposition; and her<br />

wattles then become enlarged and more brilliantly<br />

coloured. So again the female <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong>

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