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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 (Anthus), the fcirlouses 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), A. pratensis (the Meadow Pipit), A. aquaticus (the 

 Rock Pipit), and A. Ricardi (Richard's Pipit), are the British species. 

 The Lyre-tail (Mtznura siiperba, Fig. 235) is a bird of New South 

 Wales, about the size of a Common Fowl, and has been classed by 



