T 1 IE NATURAL HISTORY 
1 'cbrunry, for the London market. The Larks) 
Xli the country near Leipfic, arc as famous in! 
Germany, as thofe of Dunftable are in England, 
and fuch numbers have been brought to Leipfic! 
fair, that the e.xcife or tax, that has been paid 
upon them, has amounted to 6oco dollars. 
Nor is it only in Europe, and Afia, that Sky-I 
larks are found. 'J hey likewife inhabit Africa) 
but hitherto we have not heard that any of this! 
fpccies have been feen in America. In the fum- 
iner, they prefer high, and dry fituations ; in thd 
winter they defeend into the plains, or level 
fields; it is then that they are fatteft, for' they 
are almoft continually feeding; but in fummerl 
they-fly, and fing fo much, and are fo much enJ 
gaged with the care of their young, that then 
are always lean. 
The male bird is crefled, at leaft it has thJ 
power of raifing fome of the feathers which grow! 
upon its head; and it can learn the fong of al- 
moft any other bird, even after its own is in fomt 
meafure formed; it may be taught tunes by a 
bird organ, and performs them better than either 
a Canary-bird, or Bullfinch: it is fo ftronglj 
difpofed to imitate, that in order to have its own, 
or any acquired fong unmixed, it ought to hea- 
ne other. 
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