BIRD-KEEPER'S MANUAL. 



SHORE LARK. 



This is another beautiful bird of this genus, 

 that visits us in winter from the North, where it 

 breeds. It is also found in Europe. They fly here 

 in flocks, and their call has a resemblance to the 

 Sky Lark of Europe ; and in some parts of the 

 Union they are named the Sky Lark, and in 

 others the Shore Lark. In the countries where 

 they breed they are said to mount in the air (like 

 the European species) and sing sweetly. Last 

 spring I had a female that was wing-tipped; I 

 put it in a large cage, with some Canary Birds. 

 At first, when any of them would approach it, it 

 would open its mouth to the utmost extent to 

 frighten them away, I supposed, but it never 

 offered to attack any of them, nor they it. I 

 have no doubt but the males would sing in a 

 cage. I heard nothing from this but the call ; 

 but, being a female, of course I could not expect 

 it to sing. It was very fond of dusting itself, like 

 all the rest of the genus ; and when I put a ves- 

 sel, with gravel, in the cage, it would jump into 

 it and make it fly all around, and seemed quite 

 delighted. 



FOOD. It eat of all the seeds in the cage. I 



