SOME SPECIMENS OF AUSTRALIAN FAUNA AND FLORA. 



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each other at the base, and curving gracefully outwards at the top. The 

 habitat of the lyre-bird is the romantic fern country of South-eastern Australia, 

 and the creature is in accord with , its lovely surroundings. It has many 



The Lyre-Bird. 



peculiarities. Thus, the male bird forms a mound of earth, on which it 

 promenades, displaying its tail to its utmost advantage, and uttering its 

 liquid notes for the benefit of its female audience — for the female, dowdy as 



