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THE. BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 



centre tail feathers with brown webs along the outer edge, but with only 

 a few radii on the inner edge; remainder of tail feathers having only 

 long lateral filaments, only the bare portion being webbed; the outer 



Lyre-bird: 21enura superha. 



Australian Museum. 



feathers curving gracefully outwards at the ends, the outer web being 

 smoky-brown and the tip black, the inner web ashy-grey with triangular 

 notches of tawny buff, these notches being transparent by the absence 

 of the radioli of the feather, the inner edge of the outer tail feather 



