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are the renowned Birds of Paradise, of which the largest known 
form, Paradisea apoda, may be taken as the representative. 
Of these wonderfully ornamented Birds, there are fully forty- 
four species; but they are nevertheless exceedingly restricted 
in range, none being found in any part of the world but the 
Moluccas and New Guinea, save one or two in Australia. 
Fig. 93. 

The Yellow-throated Manakin (Ppra aureola). 
There is a Bird the curious tail of which reminds us a little 
of Birds of Paradise, in spite of its dull colour. This is the 
Lyre-bird (Menura superba), so-called from the peculiar dispo- 
sition and form of its tail-feathers (fig. 92). It and two allied 
species are peculiar to Australia. 
A group of small birds of brilliant plumage, and entirely 
