40 A Natural Hijfovy of 



pretend to know a Cock Bird of this Kin^ 

 till he is about a Month old ^ when he will 

 begin to reeord his Notes very diftinftly, like 

 an old Bird, but low and inwardly ; if you 

 hear him do that, you can't well be deceived. 

 When they are grown up, and fully feather- 

 ed ; that general Remark, in fome Meafure 

 will hold good, that the higheft coloured Bird 

 is the Cock ; for whoever obferves them to^ 

 gether, may perceive the Cock-Lark to be 

 Ibmething browner upon the Back ; of a more 

 yellowifti Caft on the Throat and Breaft, and 

 the Feathers whiter upon the Belly. 



The Itmem^ Manner of Building their 

 — ^^ Nefy &c. 



TH E Skie-Lark has young Ones by the 

 End oi Aprils or Beginning of May : 

 She builds her Neft, fuch as it is, for Ihe 

 Ufes but very little Stuff about it ; only with 

 a few Bents, or fuch like Materials always 

 upon the Ground, or in a Hole made by the 

 Foot of a Horfe, the Wheel of a Cart, &c. 

 either in Corn - Fields of any Sort, or in 

 Failure of any Kind; and lays four or five 

 brown Eggs, almoft the Colour of a Clod of 

 Earth, thickly fpeck'd, as the Figure repre- 

 fents, with brownifh Specks. 



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