. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Fig. 234. —Quaketails. from the Pipits to the Wagtails, but Incline more to the latter. Theyare the bergeromietfes of French authors. The claw on the hind^ toe,which is long, and greatly resembles that of the Larks, distinguishes 524 REPTILES AND BIRDS. them from Wagtails. They are said to follow flocks of sheep ; hencethe name given them in France. The Titlarks, or Pipits {AniJius), the farlouses of French writers,approach the Larks by the same characteristi
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . Fig. 234. —Quaketails. from the Pipits to the Wagtails, but Incline more to the latter. Theyare the bergeromietfes of French authors. The claw on the hind^ toe,which is long, and greatly resembles that of the Larks, distinguishes 524 REPTILES AND BIRDS. them from Wagtails. They are said to follow flocks of sheep ; hencethe name given them in France. The Titlarks, or Pipits {AniJius), the farlouses of French writers,approach the Larks by the same characteristics which distinguish the. Fi?. -The Lyre Bird. Quaketails, and might be confounded with them were it not for theircompressed bill. They feed on autumnal fruits. A72iJuts arhoreus(the Tree Pipit), A. p7atcnsis (the Meadow Pipit), A. aquaticus (theRock Pipit), and A. Ricardi (Richards Pipit), are the British Lyre-tail {Mamira superba, Fig. 235) is a bird of Ncav SouthWales, about the size of a Common Fowl, and has been classed by ORIOLES. s^^s some naturalists among Gallinaceous Birds ; but Temminck places itin his Insectivorous order, among the Thrushes, and between Ctcculusand Pitta. Cuvier places it among the Passerines. Vigors places itin the order Rasorcs, and in the family of the CracidcE. This curiousbird has a long compressed bill, triangular at the base. It owes itsname to the peculiar disposition of its tail, which in the male has theexact form of a lyre. The singular development of the feathers ofthe tail is its chief attraction, for the plumage is dull and sombre in
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