IN FEATHERS AND FUR. 
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Sometimes he is hunted by dogs. When he hears the bark, 
he leaps or flies to the nearest tree, and stops f o look about. 
While thus engaged the hunter can generally get near enough to 
shoot 
Another way of hunting him is to put the tail of a Lyre Bird 
on the hat of the hunter, keeping it in motion, and concealing the 
body of the man behind the bushes. Of course he isn't afraid of 
his own kind, and so the sportsman, under cover of these false 
colors, can get near him. 
Hunting him is no play either, for he frequents the most inac- 
cessible rocks and gulleys, where men can hardly go. He eats 
insects, especially centipedes and such things. He sings very well, 
and is fond of imitating other birds', noises. 
