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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 
Fic. 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 
