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dull brown, with a slaty tinge above, and more rufous throat, 

 wings, and tail-coverts ; while the outer rectrices exhibit regular 

 notch-like transparent or blackish markings on the chestnut inner 

 webs, caused by the absence of barbules. The naked orbits are 



Fig. 106. — Lyre-Bird. Menura siiperia. x y\. 



bluish or lead-coloured. The female has a long, broad, normal tail, 

 the median feathers exceeding the rest. M. victoriae, of Victoria, 

 is darker, with more boldly marked outer rectrices. M. alberti, of 

 Queensland, and the Eichmond and Clarence Eiver districts of 

 New South Wales, is redder above, and has the tail less lyrate, 

 the outer feathers being shorter, with no transparent notches. 



