seen on a spray, from which it is continually soaring to 
-some height^ and descends in the manner of the skj-lark; at 
these times its notes are very fine. 
This species feeds pn worms and insects, to procure 
which, it resorts to springs and shallow waters ; it is very 
careful of its young, and in the breeding season, is almost 
continually on wing to procure food for them ; when it has 
obtained anj^ it does not immediately return to the nest, 
but settles at a distance, and then runs to it • owing to this 
the nest is very difficult to find. 
These birds are subject to vary in their plumage, from 
brown to olive, and we have met with one this seasoii 
nearly white. 
