-gaged with the care of their young, that they | 
power of raifing fome of the feathers which crow 
‘no other, 
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et THE NATURAL HISTORY 
F ebruary, for the London market. The Larks — 
athe! country near Leipfic, are as famous in. 
Germany, as thofe of Dunftable are in England, 
and fuch numbers have been brought to Leipfic 
fair, that'the excife or tax, that has been paid 
3 upon them, has amounted to 6000 dollars. 
Nor is it only in Europe, and Afia, that 5ky- | 
take are found. ‘I hey likewife inhabit Africas 
but hitherto we have not heard that any of this 
fpecies have been feen in America. In the fum- 
mer, they prefer high, and dry fituations ; in the 
winter they defcend into the plains, or level 
fields; it is then that they are fatteft, for they : 
are almoft continually feeding; but in fummer — 
they fly, and fing fo much, and are fo much en- 






are always lean. 
The male bird is crefted, at ‘leat it has the - 
upon its head; and it can learn the fong of al- | 
moft any other bird, even after its own is in fome | 
meafure formed; it may be taught tunes bya | 
bird organ, and:performs them better than either — 
a Canary-bird, or Bullfinch: it is fo ftrongly ; 
difpofed to imitate, that in order to have its own, 
or any acquired fong unmixed, it ought to heat 
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