524 REPTILES AND BIRDS. 
them from Wagtails. They are said to follow flocks of sheep ; hence 
the name given them in France. 
The Titlarks, or Pipits (Amthus), the farlouses of French writers, 
approach the Larks by the same characteristics which distinguish the 
Fig. 235.—The Lyre Bird. 
Quaketails, and might be confounded with them were it not for their 
compressed bill. ‘They feed on autumnal fruits. <Anthus arboreus 
(the Tree Pipit), 4. pratensis (the Meadow Pipit), 4. aguaticus (the 
Rock Pipit), and 4. “cardi (Richard’s Pipit), are the British species. 
The Lyre-tail (AZenura superba, Fig. 235) is a bird of New South 
Wales, about the size of a Common Fowl, and has been classed by 
