Order MENURIFORMES. 
No. 416. 
Family MENURIDM. 
MENURA NOV^HOLLANDI^. 
LYRE-BIRD. 
(PliATES 363-4.)* 
Menitra N(ov.aB)-HOLLANDiiE Latham, Suppl. Index Omith., p. Isi., 1801 : New South 
Wales. 
Menura niovceyhollandice Latham, Suppl. Index Ornith., p. Ixi., 1801 ; Mathews, Nov. 
Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 17, 1911 (June); id., List Birds Austr., p. 160, 1913. 
Superb Menura Latham, Gen. Synops. Birds Suppl., n., p. 271*, pi. cxxxvi.,* 1801. 
Menura superha Davies, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. VI., p. 207, 1802 : New South 
Wales ; Grould, Birds Austr., pt. m. (Vol. III., pi. 14), 1841 ; id., Handb. Birds 
Austr., Vol. L, p. 298, 1865; Ramsey, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., Vol. I., p. 182, 
1877 ; id.. Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 7, 1888 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., 
Vol. Xni., p. 661 ; HaU, Key Birds Austr., p. 52, 1899 ; Campbell, Nests and Eggs 
Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 507, 1901 ; Le Souef, Emu, Vol. VI., p. 68, pi. IX., 1906 
(N.S.W.); Ashby, ib., Vol. VII., p. 94, 1907 (N.S.W.); Mathews, Handl. Birds 
Austral., p. 59, 1908, 
Paradisea parkinsoniana Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miscell., Vol. XTV., pi. 577, June 1, 
1803 : New South Wales. 
Parkitisonius mirabilis Bechstein, Kurze Uebers Vogel., p. 134, 1811 : New South 
Wales. 
Menura vulgaris Fleming, Philos. Zool., Vol. II., p. 241, July, 1822 : New South Wales. 
Mcenura lyrata Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat. (Levrault), Vol. XXX., p. 50, May 29, 1824 : 
New South Wales. 
Mcenura mcbgnifica Lesson, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Vol. VI., p. 244, 1825 : New South 
Wales. 
Megapodius menura Wagler, Syst. Avium Megapodius, sp. 1, p. 207, 1827 : New South Wales. 
Mcenura lyra “ Shaw ” Lesson, Traite d’Omith., p. 478, March 1, 1831 : New Soiith 
Wales. 
Menura paradisea Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 35, 1837 : New South Wales. 
Menura victorice Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.), 1862, p. 23 : Nom. nud. ; id., Handb. Birds 
Austr., Vol. I., p. 302, 1865 : Port Philip, Victoria ; Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., 
Vol. I., p. 182, 1877 ; id., Tab. List Austr. Birds, p. 7, 1888 ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds 
* Plates lettered Menura victorice and Tails of Menuridoe, 
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