36 TIIE, NATURAL HISTORY 
they may eafily be known when they are brought 
together, for they immediately begin to light, with 
every appearance of jealoufy and hatred. 
In the fpring the male perches upon trees, 
cither to call or to difeover the female ; fomc- 1 
times too he riles in the air and fings, but he 
<* on alights again on the ground and joins the 
female. 
T he female, when any thing approaches her 
neft, difeovers it by her fears, and her cries j in 
this fhe differs from almoft every other fpe- 
cies of the Lark, for in general they fit {fill and 
motionlefs. 
T he Meadow-larks are tamed with difficulty ; 
their wings muff be tied at firff, or a piece of fil,c 
fliould be flreiched be’ow the top of their cage, 
to prevent their hurting themfelves againft the 
wires. For fome time at fir ft they ought be to 
kept in the daik, and the light fhould be admitted 
by degrees. 
The GRASSHOPPER-LARK. 
The tail feathers are dufky, the outer ones white half 
way upvavds, the next have a white wedge-fhaped fpot at 
their points. Thete are two lines of white upon the 
wings,- 
The 
