Case forty-eight introduces to our notice a species of 

 Menura, entitled Me/mra Superba^ or L)Te-tail, from Neve 

 Holland. It is characterised, 

 as its name implies, by the 

 great extension and peculiar 

 shape of its tail feathers. It is 

 equal in size to the pheasant, 

 and the general plumage is 

 brown. The tale of the female 

 is of the ordinary structure, and 

 displays but little of the attrac- 

 tive powers of the male. TLe 

 Lyre-tail evinces a peculiar at- 

 tachment to rocky districts, 

 and in Australia it is only there 

 to be found. Its history, how- 

 ever, is still obscure, and its 

 anatomical structure has, we 

 believe, not yet been fully in- 

 vestigated. In our next num- 

 ber we shall enter at large into 

 the anatomical peculiarities of 

 birds in general. The specimens we have above given 

 will be sufficiently corroborative of the munificence o£ 

 our intention. The space to which we are confined 

 renders it impracticable — not to say impossible — to dis- 

 course as fully as we could wish of these specimens, but 

 in our next we shall strive to remedy the difliculty, by 

 I devoting a larger space to their consideration. 



