OF BIRDS. 
in ihc vcar, the firft brood arc fometimcs ready to 
fly before the beginning of April. 
The Wood-lark, l.ke the Tit-'.arlc, can perch 
upon trees, but for the fame reafon chui'es the 
larger branches, and like the Sky-iark it fings, 
as it foars in the air. 
It is a very tender bird, and preferved w'th 
great difficulty. Indeed it fcldom lives a year in 
a cage, or furvives moulting. Its fong is very 
melodious, and plaintive, much like the Night¬ 
ingale’s, and like the Nightingale it fome¬ 
times fings in the night. Some have thought 
that its fong has a refemblance to the Black¬ 
bird’s. 
T h t MEADOW- LARK. 
The tail feathers dufky, the lower half white, except 
in the two in the middle ; the throat and bread yellovidi J 
over each eye a dripe of yellowidi white. 
It is not found farther north than Sweden. 
Meadow-larks frequent brakes, and flttbble 
lands, and after harveft they are found in great 
numbers amongft oat Hubbles. 
The male is rather larger than the fe¬ 
male; in plumage they nearly refemble each 
other, but the males are fo quarrelfome that 
B 6 they 
