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Rectrices elongatse pinnulis 

 sexdecim distinctus, inter- 

 niediae duse longiores an- 

 gustae, exteriores ad api- 

 ceiii patulas resolutas. 



Tail long, consisting of six- 

 teen loose-webbed fea- 

 thers ; the two middle 

 ones narrow, exceeding the 

 others greatly in length ; 

 the outer ones growing 

 much broader and curved 

 at the end. 



Sp. 1. Me. superba. Lath. hid. Orn. Sifp. Ixi. 

 yi'K.fusca, infra fiisco-cinerascens ; cello antice rufescente. 

 Brown Menura beneath ashy-brown ; with the neck anteriorly 



rufescent. 

 Parkinson, f^ieillot, Ois. de Parad.pl. s\v. xv. — Superb Menura. 



Lath. Gen. Sy7i. Sup. up. 271 *. 



Inhabits New Holland. " This singular bird is 

 about the size of a hen Pheasant ; the total length 

 from the point of the beak to the end of the longest 

 tail-feather is more than three feet and a half: the 

 beak from the tip to the beginning of the feathers at 

 the base is one inch and a quarter, but to the gape 

 about half an inch more ; it is nearly straight, except 

 towards the end, where it is somewhat curved : the 

 nostrils are a longish oval slit, placed beyond the 

 middle part, where it is depressed : round the eye 

 so little furnished with feathers as to appear nearly 

 bare : the head of the male is somewhat crested : the 

 general colour of the plumage on the upper parts 

 brown : the greater part of the wing inclining to 

 rufous : the fore part of the neck from the chin to 

 the breast inclines also to rufous, but the rest of 

 the parts beneath are of a brownish ash-colour, paler 



