
QF: BIRD -S, 33 
eee et ee a ee 
he two. ontlide tail: feathers. are “white on the outer 
webs, and thereis a white line above each eye. 
The tongue is divided at the tip into feveral threads. 
It frequents the meadows in moft parts of Eu- 
rope, and feeds chiefly on worms, beetles, infects, 
and feveral kinds of grain ; whilft it is eating it 
~ flirts its tail like a Water-wagtail. } 
This is one of the finalleft of the Lark kind ; 
the female builds her neft in low and marfhy 
. fituations, lines it with horfe-hair, and conceals 
oie very artfully. She lays five or fix eges, and 
whilft the female fits, the cock perches himfe:f 
upon a tree ata little diftance ; for Tit- larks can 
perch, the hind claw being bent, and therefore 
Pe ee ee ey a eee 
fuited for that purpofe: but he generally chufes — 
a branch that is not very fmall, and depends molt 
upon the claws of the toes before. 
‘The cuckow frequently lays its egg in the Tit 
| ~ lark’s neft, the little cuckow has been found in 
it newly hatched, the old Tit-lark covering and 
feeding it, whilft the young Larks, though not 
quite feathered, were fitting on the outfide of the 
 neft, The Tit-lark is a timorous bird, and rifes 
at the ilighteft noife ; its fong is plaintive, and. 
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