PLATE II 

 SKY LA R K. Alauda arvensis 



May 24///, 1898. Mildenhall, Suffolk. I was shown this nest in the corner of 

 a field of mangolds. As will be noticed in the Plate, the nest was built at the 

 bottom of a plant, and one side of it was built up much higher than the other, 

 to conceal the young birds. 



After taking a photograph of the nest, I took up the young birds in my 

 hand to look at them closely, and put them back in the nest when I had 

 finished. Next morning when I came back to see how they were getting on, 

 the nest was empty, and there were no signs of the young birds. After a 

 short search I found that a new nest had been built some ten yards away, 

 and the old birds had moved their young there. 



