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THE LARK. 
and when she has had some food, her mate will 
rise up in the air as he did just now, and sing away 
as hard as ever. I am very fond of the Lark, and 
love to hear him sing. He eats wood Hce and ants, 
and such kind of food ; he will not eat corn or 
seed, for his body is so made that he can not do 
so. He has a long claw at the back of each foot ; 
and runs, but does not hop. He has a tuft on the 
top of his head. 
If you will get up at the dawn of day, some 
time, you will find the Lark up, too, and will hear 
his song as loud and fine as it is now, and he will 
sing till late in the day : he is a very busy bird. 
Nor is this our only kind of Lark : we have also 
the Wood Lark, and the Tit Lark. The Wood 
Lark is not so big as the Sky Lark, and does not 
sing high up in the sky as he does, nor does he 
make his nest in the corn or turf, he puts it in a 
bush, and it is from a bush or tree that he will, for 
the most part, sing. His song is very fine. 
The nest of the Tit Lark is also made in a bush, 
and it is not so big as the Sky Lark or Wood Lark^ 
nor is its song so fine. They all live upon the 
same kind of food. 
