. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 112 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD ORDER XX.—AIENUKIFORIMES, l^YRE-BIRDS. F. 104. MENURIDAE (3), LYRE-BIRDS, 3 sp. A. (South- Eastern A.). 3 237 Victoria Lyre-Bird, Pheasant (e), Menura victoriae, 3 V. Stat. r. dense scrul)s, m., 36; Beautiful lyre tail; f., sooty-brown; all tail feathers fully webbed. Insects, centipedes, snails. 27 Its tail is large, and often spread out fanwise, thus giving a majestic appearance to the bird. Its call is not pleasing, as it is described by Gould as a "frightful sc
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 112 AN AUSTRALIAN BIRD ORDER XX.—AIENUKIFORIMES, l^YRE-BIRDS. F. 104. MENURIDAE (3), LYRE-BIRDS, 3 sp. A. (South- Eastern A.). 3 237 Victoria Lyre-Bird, Pheasant (e), Menura victoriae, 3 V. Stat. r. dense scrul)s, m., 36; Beautiful lyre tail; f., sooty-brown; all tail feathers fully webbed. Insects, centipedes, snails. 27 Its tail is large, and often spread out fanwise, thus giving a majestic appearance to the bird. Its call is not pleasing, as it is described by Gould as a "frightful scream," and again as con- sisting of "awful ; It lays its eggs sometimes in the nest of a SpaiTowhawk (not Kestrel), or in the nest of a Magpie, Bell- Magpie (Strepera), or even of a Crow. It appears with the first flood-waters, and follows the rivers from the Gulf of Car- pentaria watershed down to Cooper's Creek and Lake Eyre. One large Australian Cuckoo builds its own nest, and rears its own young. This bird, however, does not visit Southern Aus- tralia. In addition to the interest of their habits and life history, Cuckoos are amongst the most valuable of insectivorous birds. Few birds will eat the vine caterpillar or hairy caterpillar. The Cuckoos, however, are very fond of these, and so should be encouraged. They do no harm to anything we need. One of the most interesting birds in the world is the Lyre Bird, whose beautiful tail, alas, often brings early death to its rightful. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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