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THE. TIT LARK 



Is smaller than the wood lark, being only 

 five inches and a half in length, and in 

 the colour and disposition of its plumage 

 bears a strong resemblance to the sky 

 lark : in old birds the cock is known from 

 the hen by being yellower all over, but more 

 especially under the throat, on the breast, 

 legs, and soles of the feet ; the young birds 

 cannot be distinguished as to their sex till 

 the cocks begin to record. 



The tit lark is common in this country, 

 where (though it sometimes perches on trees) 

 it is generally found in low marshy meadows, 

 building its nest of withered grass on the 

 ground, and laying five or six eggs, speckled 

 all over with a multitude of brown spots : 

 they are taken either with clap nets or lime 

 twigs, as they catch linnets, &c. or with hair 

 nooses, as they take sky larks. 



The tit lark is managed in every respect 

 the same as the sky lark and wood lark. 



