Description
Kiwis are flightless birds native to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae. Cassowaries are ratites ( flightless birds without a keel on their sternum bone ) in the genus Casuarius and are native to the tropical forests of New Guinea ( Papua New Guinea and Indonesia ), nearby islands, and northeastern Australia. Original edition from my own archives Source : Brockhaus Conversationslexikon 1887