28 Campbell, Dichotomous Key. 



Throat and under tail coverts white ; wing "^.z inches. 



Chcetura caiidaciita (Spine-tailed Swift). 



372. More than 24 inches in length . . . . . . . . ^y^ 



Less than 22 inches in length . . . . . . . . 378 



373. Head and neck almost naked ; large vascular wattles at base of 



neck. Catheturus. Brush-Turkeys. 374 



Head and neck feathered ; no wattle . . . . . . . . 375 



374. Lower neck red ; wattles yellow. C. lathaiiii (Brush-Turkey). 

 Lower neck and wattles purplish- white (female has no wattle). 



C. pnrpnreicollis (Barnard Brush-Turkey). 



375. Plumage mottled ; tail short. Lipoa ocellata (Mallee-Fowl). 

 Plumage uniform ; tail long, with many wire-like feathers (male) or 



all feathers broad and fully webbed (female and young male). 



Menura. Lyre-Birds. 376 



376. Back ashy-brown (male with curious lyre-shaped tail) . . . . 377 

 Back rufous-brown; wing 9.5 inches. M. alberti (Albert Lyre-Bird). 



2)yy. Outer tail feather white beneath, with broad chestnut bars ; wing 



10.5 inches. M. vidoricB (Victoria Lyre-Bird). 



Outer tail feather ashy beneath, with reddish-brown bars ; wing 



II inches. M. siiperha (Lyre-Bird). 



378. Head and neck bare of feathers or partly so. Blue naked skin around 



and behind eye. Pendent lobes of wattle beneath each ear. 

 Plumage dark brown, with fine white shaft streaks to feathers. 

 Throat light rufous and abdomen striped. All from 8.5 to 18 

 inches long ; tail nearly as long or longer than wing . . 379 



Head not bare ; no wide bare skin round eye ; no pendent wattles ; 



plumage various . . . . . . . . . . 391 



379. Throat and upper chest light rufous ; abdomen streaked. 



ACANTHOCH.ERA (2). 380 



Throat and upper chest not light rufous . . . . . . 381 



380. Wing 4.8 inches ; ear coverts of white spines. 



.4. rufigularis (Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater). 

 Wing 4 inches ; ear coverts of yellow spines (young ?). 



A. flavacanthiis. 



381. With pendent lobes of wattle under each ear. Acanthoch.era (2). 382 

 No pendent lobes of wattle under each ear . . . . . . 383 



382. Wattle I inch long and yellow (may be shorter in youth). 



.4. inaiiris (Yellow Wattle-Bird). 

 Wattle .25 inch long and red. (Crown not all streaked in youth.) 



^4. carunciilata (Red Wattle-Bird). 



383. Plumage dark brown, with fine white shaft streaks to feathers of 



back and breast. (Crown not streaked in youth.) 



ACANTHOCH^RA (2). 384 



Plumage brownish or greenish ; head and neck mostly bare or with 



naked skin round eye . . . . . . . . . . 385 



384. Bill 1.25 inches ; wing 5.3 inches ; crown of head and neck not 



boldly streaked. .4. lumtlata (Little Wattle-Bird). 



Bill .8 to I inch ; wing 4.6 to 5.6 inches ; crown of head and neck 



streaked. .4. mcllivora (Brush Wattle-Bird). 



385. Naked blue skin (yellowish in youth) behind eye ; throat black ; 



back green. Entomyza. 386 



