OF BIRDS. 
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The TIT-LARK, 
The two outfide tail feathers are white on the outer 
webs, and there is a w hite line above each eve. 
The tongue is divided at the tip into fcvcral threads. 
It frequents the meadows in molt parts of Eu¬ 
rope, and feeds chiefly on worms, beetles, infects, 
and fevcral kinds of grain ; whilft it is eating it 
flirts its tail like a Water-wagtail. 
This is one of the fmallefl; of the I.ark kind •, 
the female bu.lds her nefl in low and marfhy 
Situations, lines it with horfe-hair, and conceals 
it very artfully. She lays five or fi:< eggs, and 
whilft the female fits, the cock perches himfelf 
upon a tree at a little diftance ; for I it-larks can 
perch, the hind claw being bent, and therefore 
fijited for that purpofe : but he generally chufcs 
a branch that is net very final!, and depends mofl 
upon the claws of the toes before. 
The cuckow frequently lays its egg in the Tit¬ 
lark’s nefl, the little cuckow has been found in 
it newly hatched, the old Tit-lark covering and 
feeding it, whilft the young Larks, though not 
quite feathered, were fitting on the outfide of the 
neft. The I tt-lark is a timorous bird, and rifes 
at the flighted node ; its fong is plaintive, and 
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