Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lyre bird \Lyre" bird`\ (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
   genus {Menura}. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen
   tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the
   form of a lyre. The common lyre bird ({Menura superba}),
   inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse.
   Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat,
   wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also {lyre pheasant} and
   {lyre-tail}.