1G4 MENURID.^i. 



Menura superba, Davies. 



Meuura superba, Cnh. J. f. 0. 1856, p. 132 ; Gotdd, Handh. Birds Avstr. 

 i. p. 298 (1865) ; Ramsai/, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 49; Nort/i, Kests S,- IJf/r/s 

 Anstr. Birds, p. 119, pi. x. fi^. 4 (1889) ; Slunye, Cat. Birds B. M. 

 xiii. p. 661 (1890) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 136 (1899) ; Camp- 

 hell, Nests h" Efjgs Austr. Birds, i. p. 507 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 3 (1901). 



The eggs of the Common Lyre-bird measure from 2-28 to 2-48 

 in length, and from 1-55 to 1'7 in breadth. 



1. New South Wales (E. P. Ravtsay). Gould Coll. 



3. Clarence River, N.S.W. . Crowley Bequest. 



1. Grafton, N.S.W. Crowley Bequest. 



Menura victoriae, Gould. 

 (Plate 111. fig. 18.) 



Menura victorias, Govld, Handb. Birds Avstr. i. p. 302 (1865) ; Cab. 

 J. f. O. 1881, taf. iii. fig. 2; Baimay, Proc. Limi. Soc. N.S.W. vii. 

 p. 51, pi. 4. figs. 1-4 (1882) ; North, Nests S,- Eggs Austr. Birds, 

 p. 122, jjI. X. figs. 1 & 2 (1889) : Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xiii. 

 p. 662 (1890); NehrJc. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 436 (1899); Campbell, 

 Nests ^- Eggs Avstr. Birds, i. p. 510, pi. 16 (1901) ; Sharpe,Ha)td-l. 

 iii. p. 3 (1901). 



The eggs of Queen Yictoria's Lyre-bird measure from 2-37 to 2*5 

 ill length, and from I'O to 1-77 in breadth. 



1. [Victoria.] Crowley Bequest. 



2. Gippslaud, Victoria. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Gippsland, 10th July {A. J. North). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Gippsland, 30th July (A. J. N.). ' Crowley Bequest. 



2. Dandenong Ranges, S. Gippsland, W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



August. [P.]. 



2. Victoria. Gould Coll. 



Menura alberti, Gould. 



Menura alberti, Thien. Fortjiflanz. ges. Vog. tab. ic. fig. 9 (1845-54) ; 

 Gould, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 45, Aves, pi. liii. ; id. Haytdb. Birds Austr. 

 i. p. 307 (1865) ; Leycester, Ibis, 1861, p. 167 ; Ramsai), Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. N.S. W. vii. p. 60, pi. 5. figs. 1 & 2 (1882) ; North, Nests .^ 

 Eggs Avstr. Birds, p. 122, pi. x. fig. 3 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. xiii. p. 662 (1890) ; CamjAell, Nests S^- Eggs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 523 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iii. p. 3 (1901). 



The eggs of Prince Albert's Lyre-bird measure from 2-21 to 2*5 

 in length, and from 1-64 to 1-78 in breadth. 



1. Australia. Gould Coll. 



2. Australia. Purchased. 



2. Mary River, Qiieousland. Crowley Bequest. 



