LIST OF BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 
Scythrops novathollandicB mghtctus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII-, p. 297, Jan. 31st, 1912 : Parry's Creek, 
North-west Australia. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia and New South Wales. 
Family POLOPHILID^E. 
CCLXXVII. Genus POLOPHILUS. 
Polophilus Leach, Zool. Miseell.,, Vol, I., p. 115, 1814. Type (by subsequent designation) : C. phasianinus Latham. 
332. POLOPHILUS PHASIANINUS. COUCAL. 
Gould, Vol. IV., pi. 92 (pt. xxix.), Dec. 1st, 1847. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 4, pi. 362, Dec. 
19th, 1918. 
Ouculus phasianinus Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. xxx., after May 1801, based on Watling Drawing No. 73: 
New South Wales. 
Polophilus variegatus Leach, Zool. Miseell., Vol. I., p. 116, 1814 : New South Wales. 
Polophilus gigas Stephens, in Shaw’s Gen. Zool., Vol. IX., p. 45, 1815 : New South Wales. 
Corydonix giganleus Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d’Hist. Nat., Vol. XXXIV., p. 295, 1819 : New South Wales. 
Oentropus melanwus Gould, Birds Austr., pt. xxix. (Vol. IV., text to pi. 92), Dec. 1st, 1847 : North-west Australia 
= Derby. 
Centropus macrourus Gould, ib. : Port Essington, Northern Territory. 
Polophilus phasianinus Iceatsi Ashby, South Austr. Ornith., Vol. II., pt. 3, p. 72, July 1915 : Port Keats, Northern 
Territory. 
Polophilus phasianinus yorki Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 58, April 7th, 1916: Cape York, 
Queensland. 
Polophilus phasianinus melvillensis Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VII., pt. 5, p. 391, July 10th, 1919 : Melville Island. 
Distribution. Tropical Northern Australia and New South Wales. 
Order MENURIFORMES. 
Family MENU.RTDJ3. 
CCLXXVIII. Genus MENURA. 
Menura Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lxi., after May 1801. Type (by monotypy) : Menura novcehollandice 
Latham. 
Parkinsonius Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. Vogel, p. 134, (pref. April 12th, 1810) 1811. Type (by monotypy) : P. 
mirabilis = M. novcehollandice Latham. 
333. MENURA NOVCEHOLLANDICE. LYRE BIRD. 
Gould, Vol. III. pi. 14 (pt. iii.), June 1st, 1841. Mathews, Vol. VII., pt. 5, pis. 363, 364, July 
10th, 1919. 
Menura novaehollandise Latham, Index Ornith. Suppl., p. lxi., after May 1801 : New South Wales. 
Menura superba Davies, Trans. Linn. Soc. (Lond.), Vol. VI., p. 207, June 5th, 1802 : New South Wales. 
Paradisea parkinsoniana Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Miseell., Vol. XIV., pi. 577, June 1st, 1803 : New South Wales. 
Parkinsonius mirabilis Bechstein, Kurze Uebers. Vogel, p. 134 (pref. April 12th, 1810) 1811 : New South Wales. 
Menura vulgaris Fleming, Philos. Zool., Vol. II., p. 241, June 1822 : New South Wales. 
Mcenura lyrata Dumont, Diet. Sci. Nat. (Levrault), Vol. XXX., p. 50, May 29th, 1824 : New South Wales. 
Mcenura magnifica Lesson, Ann. Sci. Nat., Paris, Vol. VI., p. 244, Nov. 1825. New name for M. novcehollandice 
Latham. 
Megapodius menura Wagler, Syst. Av. Megapodius, sp. 1 (p. 207), Oct., 1827. New name for M. novcehollandice 
Latham. 
Mcenura lyra “ Shaw ” Lesson, Traite d’Orn. livr. 6, p. 478, March 1st, 1831 : New South Wales. 
Menura paradisea Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 35, July 1st, 1837 : New South Wales. 
Menura victories, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. I., p. 32, Sept. 1st, 1865 : Port Phillip, Victoria. 
Menura novcehollandice intermedea Mathews, Austral Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 58, April 7th, 1916 : southern 
New South Wales. 
Distribution. New South Wales (as far north as Clarence River) and Victoria. 
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