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citude. None of the youHg oues long survived her. Thcj 

 died one after another; so essential were hej cares, wbicl 

 were equally tender and judicious." 



The Lark mounts almost perpendicularly, and by suece*' 

 sive springs, into the air ; where it hovers at h vast height 

 Its descent is in an oblique direction, unless threatened bj 

 some ravenous bird of prey, or attracted by ita raate ; when 

 it drops to the ground like a stone. On its first leajin^ 

 the earth, its notes are feeble and interrupted; but, as it 

 rises, these gradually swell to their full tone. As the Lark's 

 flight is always at sun-rise, there is something in the scenery 

 that renders the music of the lark peculiarly delightful : th«» 

 opening morning, and the landscape just gilded by the rayi 

 of the returning sun, and the beauty of the surrounding 

 objects, all contribute to heighten our relish for its pleasin{> 

 song. 



THE CARDINAL BIRD. (Cardinalis Virginianw.) 



This is one of our most common cage birds ; and is very 

 generally known, not only in North America, but even in 

 Europe, numbers of them having been carried over both to 

 France and England, in which last country they are usually 

 callea Virginia Nightingales. To this name. Dr. Latham 

 ^bsorvcs, *' they are fully entitled," from the clearness and 



