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The Lyre Birds are ground-birds, natives of Australia, Both male and female are represented, and it will be seen that, as in the case of the 



fea-towl, it IS only the male that is endowed with the beautiful development of the tail feathers whose distinctive curves have siven the bird 



Its name. It is solitary or almost so in its habits, rarely more than a pair being seen in company. 



