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| ee a ftate of liberty the Sky-lark begins his | 
fong the firft fine weather i in the fpring, generally 
early in the morning, and repeats itin the after- 
hoon: he rifes big in the air, fometimes remain 
ingas it were. fufpended, then rifing again by. 
jerks, he warbles the moft mufical, and animated. 
‘notes: ; finging fti | louder as he rifes higher, fo. 
that his fong may be heard when he has foared. 
out of baits. and lowering-it as he delcends, 
until it dies quite away. | | 
He never fings on the ground, though he lives: 
moftly there, for the Sky-lark cannot perch upon. 
a tree, the form of his nail behind, which is: 
_ Nearly ftrait, and very long, preventing him from. 
clafping the branch. 
Though Sky-larks seachally rife in the air by. 
Jerks,. yet they frequently defcend obliquely 5. 
and fometimes, (efpecially when they are in 
fear of a bird of prey,) aid fall inftantly like a 
{tone, 
Like other birds that mount very high, Larks 
have been carried away to fea by the wind, and 
accordingly we read many inftances of Larks, 
and other birds, alighting on the mafts of fhips, 
at a great diftance from land. By extreme cold 
Weather, they are forced to the neighbourhood of 
ares, that do not freeze, in large flocks; ine 
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