36 THE. NATURAL HISTORY 
they may eafily be known when they are brought 
together, for they immediately begin to nght, with 
‘every appearance of jealoufy and hatred.. 
In the fpring the male perches upon trees, 
either to call or to difcover the female ; fome-— 
times too he rifes in the air and fings, but he | 
foon alights again on the ground and joins the 
female. | | 
The female, when any thing approaches her _ 
neft, difcovers it by her fears, and her eries; in © 
this fhe differs from almoft every other {pe-. 
cies of the Lark, for in general they fit fill and 
~ motionlefs. | 7 | 
The Meadow-larks are tamed with di ficul ty | 
sheie wings muft be tied at firft, ora piece of filk 
~ fhould, be ftretched below the top of their cage, — 
~ to prevent their hurting themfelves againft the 
“wires. For fome time at firft they ought to be | 
kept in the dark, and the = fhould be admitted — 
by degrees, 
eek Boh i val, Dociay ads bag gbigat 
‘The tail feathers are dufky, the outer ones white half 
sway upwards, the next have a white wedge-fhaped {pot at 
their pointss There are two lines of white upon the — 
wibgs,' 
The 



