Male superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) displaying his fancy tail, from La galerie des oiseaux du Cabinet d'histoire naturelle du Jardin du roi, 1834 edition, written by Louis Pierre Vieillot, with plates by Paul Louis Oudart.

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Superb Lyrebird

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