492 PASSERIFORMES CHAP, 
dull brown, with a slaty tinge above, and more rufous throat, 
wings, and tail-coverts; while the outer rectrices exhibit regular 
notch-like transparent or blackish markings on the chestnut inner 
webs, caused by the absence of barbules. The naked orbits are 
Fic, 106.—Lyre-Bird. Menura superba. x +). 
bluish or lead-coloured. The female has a long, broad, normal tail, 
the median feathers exceeding the rest. JL victoriae, of Victoria, 
is darker, with more boldly marked outer rectrices. JL. alberti, of 
Queensland, and the Richmond and Clarence River districts of 
New South Wales, is redder above, and has the tail less lyrate, 
the outer feathers being shorter, with no transparent notches. 
