164 MENU RID J5. 



Menura superba, Davies. 



Menura superba, Cab. J.f. O. 1856, p. 132 ; Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. 

 i. p. 298 (1865) ; Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1868, p. 49; North, Nests $ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 119, pi. x. fig. 4 (1889) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. 

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

 bell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 507 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 3 (1901). " 



The eggs of tbe 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. Ramsay}. Gould Coll. 



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



1. Graf ton, N.S.W. Crowley Bequest. 



Menura victoriae, Gould. 

 (Plate 111. fig. 18.) 



Menura victories, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 302 (1865) ; Cab. 

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

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

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

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

 Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 510, pi. 16 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 3 (1901). 



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

 in length, and from 1-6 to 1-77 in breadth. 



1. [Victoria.] Crowley Bequest. 



2. Gippsland, Victoria. Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Gippslaud, 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. Fortpflanz. aes. Vog. tab. ic. fig. 9 (1845-54) ; 

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

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

 Soc. N.S.W. vii. p. 50, pi. 5. figs. 1 & 2 (1882) ; North, Nests $ 

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

 B. M. xiii. p. 662 (1890) ; Campbell, Nests $ 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, Queensland. Crowley Bequest. 



