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WOOD-LARK. 
^ rf u, trough 
freely y ° U ^ ““ ° Ut ° f the la,tet ' 
r *2* gl ; eat , meafl ' re ordCT his diet as the Sky- 
red J'’ T' r n ° ° f grafi - bllt oft » Ami 
g ate in his cage; and when not well, in- 
ftead of that, put mould full of ants, which is 
n e moft a S ree abIe live food you can give him. 
Or give him meal-worms, or hog-lice, not more 
than two or three a-day: and let him have a 
little laffron or liquorice fometimes in his water 
If he fhould fcour, grate chalk or cheefe among 
Ills meat, and amongfi- his gravel likewife. He 
will eat any kind of flelh meat minced fine, 
and ordered as before for forne other birds j 
which you may now and then let him have 
for change of diet, always leaving fome of 
his conftant meat in the cage at the fame 
time, that lie may eat which he will. A gen* 
tleman who is very fond of Wood -Larks, 
keeps feveral, and among them one he has 
preferved for fix years, feeds them conftantly 
with a compofition of peafe-meal, honey, and 
butter, mixed, rubbed into fmall granules, and 
dried in a difh before a fire. Of this meat lie 
makes enough at one time to ferve fix or eight 
birds for fix weeks or two months ; which, if' 
judicioufly mixed and dried; will not fpoil, even 
ix kept longer. 
