tit-lark. 
*ey generally lay five or fix eggs, of a dark 
brown colour, and the young are commonly 
hatched about the beginning of June, 
Marh of the Cock and Hen. 
In this kind the cock is all over more yellow 
than the hen, but efpecially under the throat, 
on the break, legs, and foals of the feet. In 
neft lings, they can’t well be diftinguifhed by 
their colours, therefore muft wait till you hear 
them begin to record their fong, which is the 
Hrit fur eft ftgn of a cock- bird. 
Of their Nef, Q5V-. 
The hen Tit- Lark builds amongft grafs ; or 
in corn fields -, her nek is fmall, pretty much 
like the Wood-Lark’s : fhe lays five or fix eggs 
of a dark brown colour, and has young ones 
fit to take towards the end of May. 
They may be brought up with the fame meat 
and management as young Wood-Larks or 
Nightingales : but I think it hardly worth the 
trouble, becaufe fo many are taken, when they 
fir ft come to vifit our part of the woild, both 
with clap-nets and lime twigs, as they catch 
Linnets, Gold-Finches, &c. When you firii 
take them, tie the ends of their wings vuth 
thread, to prevent their fluttering and beating 
