WOOD-LARK, 
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Marks of the Cod. 
Hf is known by his fize, the biggeft and 
longeft-bodied bird generally proving a cock 
and by the largenefs and length of his call ; the 
tall walking cf the bird about the cage, and at 
evenings the doubling of his note, which we 
call cuddling, as if he were going to rood. Other 
marks are by the length of his heel, the large- 
nefs of his wing, and by his fetting up the crown 
upon his head : fome will tell you, that thefe 
are certain figns of its being a cock* yet they 
tlo not always prove true : but if you hear him 
flng ftrong, you cannot be deceived, for the 
hen bird will ling but little. The ufe of this 
is chiefly to know thofe birds that are taken at 
flight-time ; becaufe thofe taken at other fea- 
fons, fing foon after they are taken, or not at all. 
I cannot give any certain notes to know the 
cock from the hen, whilft neftlings ; unlefs it 
be by that general remark, that the higheft-co- 
loured bird always proves a cock, and that the 
biggeft, and longeft bodied, and other marks 
before mentioned, will hold good in fuch young 
birds, as well as thofe that are full-feathered. 
This particular, indeed, is not very material, be- 
caufe fo few are brought up from the neft *, it 
being very difficult, with the utmoft care that 
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