THE SKYLARK. 



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and is composed of dry grass, with a few rootlets. The 

 eggs, which are four or five in number, are generally dull 

 white, so thickly freckled and spotted with olive-brown as 

 almost to conceal the ground colour. 



The following places in Berwickshire appear to have 

 derived their names from this bird : — Laverock Law, between 

 Togo village and Charterhall; and Laverock Law, — high 

 ground to the east of Moorhouse in Coldingham parish, 

 where there is also a small stream called Laverock Law 

 Burn. 



