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should always be well gravelled, and kept 

 as clean as possible. His food consists 

 entirely of seeds; but the leaves of salad, 

 or other greens, may be occasionally given 

 to him, and likewise a little hard-boiled 



egg- 



The Sky-lark has never been known to 

 breed in confinement. 



Sky-larks are only occasionally to be 

 obtained in this country, and then most 

 frequently at the bird-fanciers, who pur- 

 chase them from the mates of European 

 trading vessels. Their prices vary from 

 five to ten, and sometimes even as high as 

 fifteen dollars each. They live to a con- 

 siderable age. 



CHAPTER II. 



ENGLISH WOOD-LARK. Alauda arborea. 



This neatly and prettily plumaged bird, 

 so closely related to the Sky-lark, and 



