PLATE XXVir. 
The Sky-Lcwk 
This is a b.rd m the higheft eflimation for its melodious fong and length of note, in which parti- 
cular none excel them. They begin their fong very early in the fpring and continue it all the fummer. 
They ulher m the day break with their harmonious fong, and whilfl finging foar fo prodigioufly as 
to be very foon out of fight, though not of hearing; they frequently fall down as if dead, or 
motionlefs, clofing their wings until they come within a very fmall diftance of the ground, when they 
will expand them and fly fome paces near the furface of the earth before they fettle. An obfervation 
worthy of notice is, that they never fettle near their nefl, but have from it a track or run ilfuing 
fame diftance. at the end of which they generally fettle, and none but thofe who are perfeftly 
acquainted with this ftratagem can perceive them running and fculking along this traa to their neft. 
They build three or four times in a feafon, and lay five eggs. It is cuftoraary to take the old ones 
with their young as they will feed them until! they are able to provide for themfelves. When breeding 
feafon is over they flock to the lower countries until the feverity of the fnow drives them to the 
downs. Dunftable is a place of note for them, and great numbers of them are caught there to 
fupply the London markets. Their food is fmall feed, and they are partially fond of grafs ; thofe 
who keep them fliould fupply them with a turf conflantly; many fupply them with a food called 
German Pafte, but I have known them live ten years on common feeds, as hemp, &c. with a turf. 
No. IX. 
