Cassowary

a family of birds. The shortne of their wings totally unfits them for flying, and it would seem impo ible for nature to have furnished muscular power sufficient to move wings large enough to sustain their great weight in the air. The wings of the ostrich are of some a istance to it in running, but those of the ca owary are too short even to be of service in this way. Its whole plumage is so poorly supplied with feathers as to resemble, at a little distance, a coat of coarse or hanging hair. The ca owaries have three toes, all provided with nails, _ Cast, in the fine arts, an impre ion taken by means of wax or plaster of Paris from a statue, bust, bas-relief or any other model, animate or inanimate.