148 . Mr. Peabody on the 
The Brown Larx, Anthus spinoletta, is one of 
those birds which arrive from the north, without 
much to indicate whence they came or whither they 
are going. They are common in fields in the coun- 
try, and are said to be equally so along the borders 
of rivers and the Atlantic shores. They fly in loose 
scattered flocks, giving out a feeble note, run rapidly 
on the ground, and when they take wing, generally 
move high and far before they alight. Some of 
them spend the winter in Pennsylvania, and they 
abound at that season in the southern states. Those 
which pass through our State in the autumn, are all 
young ; nothing is known of the old birds, though 
Labrador is one of the places where they rear thet 
young. | 
GRANIVOROUS, OR PASSERINE BIRDS. 
The Snor: Larg, Alauda alpestris, is a pretty 
bird, which comes to us from the north at the ap- 
proach of winter, and, if the season closes early, is 
seen herein October, on its way to the middle states. 
If the season is mild, they sometimes remain here, 
and those which proceed, seldom go farther south 
than Maryland. While here, they fly high, in loose 
scattered flocks, and have a single note, resembling 
that of the sky-lark of England. Their food seems 
„to consist of seeds and the larvæ of insects, which 
they find on the ground, or on fences where they 
sometimes alight, though they never perch on? 
