Order MENURIFORMES. 
No. 417. 
Family MENURIDM. 
HARRIWHITEA ALBERTI. 
NORTHERN LYRE-BIRD. 
(Plate 365.) 
Mentjra ALBERTI Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p, 215, 1850 ; Richmond River, 
New South Wales. 
Menura alherti Bonaparte, Consp. Gen. Av., Vol. I., p. 215, 1850 : Gould, Birds Austr., 
SuppL, pt. L, pi. 19, 1851 ; id., Proc. Zool. Soc., 1853, p. 45 ; Leycester, ih., 1860, 
p. 113 : Ibis, 1861, p. 174 ; Bennett, Gath. Natur. in Austr., p. 185, 1860 ; Gould, 
Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 307, 1865 ; Ramsay, 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. XIII., p. 662 ; Hall, Key Birds Austr., p. 53, 1899 ; Campbell, 
Nests and Eggs Austr. Birds, Vol. I., p. 523, 1901 ; Mathews, Handl. Birds 
Austral., p. 59, 1908 ; id., Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 298, 1912. 
Harriwhitea alherti Mathews, List Birds Austr., p. 161, 1912. 
Harriwhitea alherti rufa Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., p. 58, April 7, 1916 ; 
Southern Queensland. 
Harriwhitea alherti alherti Mathews, ih. 
Distribution. New South Wales (Richmond River District). Southern Queensland. 
Advlt male. Head and nape crested, the feathers fairly long, wide, and round at the 
tips ; base of fore-head deep rufous-brown ; crown of head dark brown ; hind- 
neck and sides of neck dusky-brown with a very slight tinge of grey ; entire back, 
scapulars, upper wing-coverts, innermost secondaries, rump, and upper tail-coverts 
dark chestnut-brown ; bastard-wing long, extending beyond the primary-coverts ; 
flight-quills golden-brown darker on the inner-webs ; primary-coverts also rather 
darker than the outer aspect of the quills : tail glossy blackish-brown, the apical 
portion of the feathers coarsely disintegrated, the two middle feathers golden- 
brown with narrow webs and curved towards the tips, the outer-webs are fairly 
broad at the base but the remaining portion is very much narrower and coarsely 
disintegrated in structure. The inner-web is narrow at the base, increasing in 
width on the subapical portion and narrowing again at the tip, but the structure is 
quite normal ; the short feathers round the eye lead-grey inclining to brown on the 
ear-coverts and hind-face ; chin, throat, and fore-neck deep chestnut ; breast, 
abdomen, thighs, and sides of the body ash-grey with a wash of pale ferruginous 
which becomes much more intense on the flanks where it is also deeper in colour ; 
under tail-coverts and quill-lining greyish-brown with a ruddy tinge ; lower aspect 
of tail grey, somewhat darker towards the tips on the outer feathers. Eyes hazel ; 
bare space round eye bluish ; bill and feet black. Total length 880 mm. ; cuhnen 
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