NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



grounds in the autumn this species stays 

 with us all the year rourid, and has its 

 numbers greatly increased by migrants 

 arriving from the Continent./ 



The Skylark breeds in; cultivated and 

 uncultivated districts a\ilce -throughout 



SKYLARK'S NEST AND EGGS. 



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'the country. I\have found its nest within 



a few yards of* ml open Atlantic and at 

 an elevation of nearly two thousand feet 

 above sea-level. 



The nest is placed on the ground in a 



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