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and then to feed when she calls them, then hurrying 

 back to their snug shelter. Thus when she walks from 

 place to place, the tiny feet of the chicks may be seen 

 scurrying along beneath the beautiful tail-feathers, all 



Fig. 336.— Tail of Lyre-bird. 



but their legs concealed from view^, giving a most re- 

 markable appearance to the mother bird. 



Among ornamental tails assumed for show during the 

 breeding season, that of the Lyre-bird of Australia is 

 unequalled. The name is well given, since the outer 

 tail-feathers carry out the graceful, curving outline of 



