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of a house, or on the end of a beam, and sometimes close 

 to the post of a door, where people are going in and out all 

 day long." 



We recollect a pair having built on the angle of a lamp- 

 post in one of the streets of Leeds, and there rearing their 

 young. 



The nest is formed of bents and moss, and lined 

 with feathers. 



The female lays 4 or 5 eggs, marked with rusty 

 spots. 



It feeds upon insects, and also likes cherries. 



GENUS XXIV. 

 ALAUDA, 



Bill subulate ; nostrils partly covered with feathers 

 and bristles ; tongue bifid ; back-toe claw very long 

 and crooked ; motion running, not hopping. 



1. ARVENSIS. SKY-LARK, LAVROCK. 



A. niyricante griseo rufescente etalbido varia, subtus 

 rufo- alba, rectricibus extimis dudbus extrorsum 

 lonaitudinaliter albis, intermediis interiors latere 

 ferrugineis. Shaw. 



The bill is dusky ; the under mandible yellowish ; 



