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and it requires much care and difficulty to preserve them any 

 time in cages. 



The female places her nest on the ground, like the common 

 species. She lays twice a year, about four or five eggs of a 

 clear ash-colour, thick set with brown and blackish spots. 



The young of this species can seldom be artificially brought 

 up, and still more seldom kept alive for many years. Hashed 

 beefs or sheep's hearts, the eggs of ants, millet, and bruised 

 hemp seed, constitute their most appropriate food. They 

 must be fed with very small morsels, and care must be 

 observed not to wound their tongue in feeding them. The 

 cage should be furnished with sand at bottom, and covered 

 with a cloth, to prevent them from hurting their heads. The 

 best season for catching them is autumn ; they are then very 

 numerous, and better in flesh. 



The Wood Lark {Lulu of the text, Al. Arbored), has been 

 confounded by ornithologists with the last, on account of the 

 similar tuft with which its head is surmounted. Some 

 separate it from the cujelier, which M. Cuvier gives as a 

 synonime. It is smaller than the crested lark, and the tuft 

 can hardly be considered as a genuine one, being only a little 

 ereater elongation of the feathers of the head than in the 

 common lark. The male is more frequently observed to 

 elevate these than the female. 



This lark is found in Germany, Holland, Siberia, Poland, 

 and Italy : it has also been observed in the Pyrenees, in the 

 neighbourhood of Paris, Bourdeaux, Rouen, and is not 

 unfrequent in the province of Lorraine. When these birds 

 perch they sing agreeably. They are heard to warble i\\ 

 great numbers together, in the commencement of spring ; 

 but when these assemblages disperse in amorous couples, the 

 male then displays all his vocal powers, and produces very 

 melodious sounds, especially after sunset. Thus he soothes 



