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the topmost twig of an oak. Rising ten or twelve 

 feet into the air with joyous song, it hovers for a few 

 seconds over the tree, singing the while, and then, 

 with wings expanded, and almost meeting over its 

 back, and legs hanging straight, it drops perpendi- 

 cularly upon the twig from whence it arose." 



THE TREE PIPIT. 



Larks do not add much to the music of the woods, 

 for the Wood Lark is scarcely common anywhere, and 

 is seldom in the woods. The Buntings deserve a like 

 report, for even the common Yellow-hammer must 

 be sought in the green lanes. 



Finches are numerous, both in species and indivi- 

 duals. Leaving the saucy Chaffinch to enjoy himself 

 in gardens, and the House-sparrow to his predilection 



