-164 



MENUEID^. 



Menura superba, Davies. 



Menura superba, Cab. J.f. 0. 1856, p. 132 ; Gould, Saadb. Birds Austr. 

 i. p. 298 (1865) ; Ramsay, P. Z.S. 1868, p. 49; 2ilm-th, Nests ^ Eggs 

 Austr. Birds, p. 119, pL. 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. 5()7 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. 

 iii. p. 3 (1901). 



The eggs of the Common Lj-re-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 CoU. 



3. Clarence River, N.S.W, Cro^wley Bequest. 



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



Menura victorias, Gould. 

 (Plate 111. fig. 18.) 



Menura -victorise, Oould, Handb. Birds Austr. i. p. 802 (1865) ; Cab. 

 J. f. O. 1881, taf. iii. fig. 2 ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.8. W. vii. 

 p. 51, pi. 4. figs. 1-4 (1882) ; North, Nests ^ 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 Sf Eggs Austr. Birds, i. p. 610, 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. [yictoria.l Crowley Bequest. 



2. Gippsland, 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. Eadcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



August. [P.]. 



2. Victoria. Gould Coll. 



Memira alberti, Qould. 



Menura alberti, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. 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 ; Bamsay, Proc. Linn. 

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

 Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 122, pi. i. fig. 3 (1889) ; Sharpe, 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. 



