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Seasons for taking woodlarks. 



Woodlarks at this time commonly fly very high, 

 therefore the highest ground is usually chosen to 

 lay the nets upon, likewise in a cart-way, or 

 where a spot of earth is fresh turned up, or some- 

 times you may turn it up on purpose. 



A third season for taking woodlarks is in Ja- 

 nuary; those caught at this time are very 

 stout, good birds, and will sing in a few days 

 after they are taken, both stouter and louder 

 than the Michaelmas birds, but not for so many 

 months; these are also caught with the clap-net, 

 and are found lying near a wood side in pasture 

 ground, where the sun rises. 



Woodlarks are sometimes taken when they are 

 matched with their hen; but the end of January 

 ought to be the latest time, because they are 

 early breeding birds, and if taken later, are worth 

 very little. 



THE TITLARK. 



THIS species is less by one half than the sky- 

 lark, being only six inches in length, and ten 

 Inches and a quarter in breadth; and is of a more 

 greenish colour; the head is small, and the body 

 pretty long and slender; the iris of the eye is 

 hazel, and the top of the head and upper part of 

 the body are of a yellowish green, with a mixture 

 of black and ash-colour ; the sides of the wings 

 are of a dusky brown, with the edges and tops of 

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