of Biaoa. 
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WOOD-LARK. 
The song of the Wood-Lark is almost 
universally admired, and is heard not only 
in the day time, but sometimes during tha 
night. It has been compared to that of tha 
nightingale, and, in some respects, is equally 
pleasing. These birds form their nests on 
the ground, the outside being composed of 
moss, and the inside lined with dried grass 
and a few hairs. The female lays five dusky 
eggs, which are of a pale rose-colour, beau- 
tifully mottled and clouded with red and yel- 
low. The Wood-Lark perches on trees, 
and feeds chiefly on insects, worms, and 
6ceds. The chief difference between tha 
Wood-Lark and the sky-lark consists in 
the Wood-Lark being somewhat smaller, 
and having the head surrounded by a while 
fillet, reaching from one eye to the other. 
