fn a fiatc of liberty the Sky-lark begins his 
fong the firft fine weather in the fpring, generally 
N early in the morning, and repeats it in the after- 
"« noon : he riles high in the air, fometimes remain- 
l( ^j ingas it were fufpended, then riling again by 
* lc jerks, he warbles the moll mufical, and animated 
“"I notes; ftnging ftiil louder as he riles higher, fo- 
that his fong may be heard when he has foared 
y- out of fight; and lowering it as he defeends, 
L until it dies quite away. 
is j He never fings on the ground, though he lives 
11 * moftly there, for the Sky-lark cannot perch upon 
L ‘ c a tree, the form of his nail behind, which is 
e ‘ nearly ftrait, and very long, preventing him from 
clafping the branch. 
eij Though Sky-larks generally rife in the air by 
ij jerks, yet they frequently defeend obliquely; 
■i and fometimes, (efpecially when they are in 
fear of a bird of prey,) they fall inftantly like a 
is fiore. 
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Like other birds that mount very high, Larks 
have been carried away to fea by the wind, and 
accotding'.y we read many inftanccs of Larks, 
and other birds, alighting on the malls of fhips, 
at a great difiance from land. By extreme cold 
weather, they are forced to the neighbourhood of 
fprings that do not freeze, in large flocks; i:.-. 
