...of withered benti, And coarsest spcargvass; next, the inner work _ With finer, and still finer Bbres lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast. How strange this untaught art! it is the gift, * Burns. Not even a sparrow falieth to the ground." (pU3.) " A bow -shot off in front a mer flows,...

...mate, He founds their lowly house, of withered bents, And coarsest speargrass; next, the inner-work With finer, and still finer fibres lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast. Howstrang •' this untaught art ! it is the gift, Thegift innate of Him, without whose will Net even...

...raised hand, Shadows his half-shut eyes, striving to scan The songster melting in the flood of light. With finer, and still finer fibres lays; Rounding...whose will Not even a sparrow falleth to the ground.' The religious persecutions in Scotland, during the reigns of Charles II. and his successor James, furnished...

...grass Luxuriant crown the ridge; there, with his mate, He founds their lonely house, of wither'd bents, And coarsest spear-grass ; next, the inner work With...lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast." The strong attachment of the parent lark to its eggs and young has long been known ; and a remarkable...

...lowly house, of withered bents, And coarsest speargrass ; next, the inner work With finer, and stuT finer fibres lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled...untaught art ! it is the gift^ The gift innate of Him, whithout whose will Not even a sparrow falleth to the ground. And now the assiduous dam her red-specked...

...crown the ridge ; 1here, with his mate, He founds their lowly house, of withered herbs, And coaisest spear-grass ; next, the inner work, With finer, and...fibres lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast."3 * The eggs are generally four in number, rather larger than those of a tit lark, weighing...

...mate, He founds their lowly house, of withered bents, And coarsest spear.grass : next, the inner nook With finer and still finer fibres lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast." Sky-larks have usually two broods in the year on the same grounds. The eggs are four or five, of a...

...Luxuriant crown the ridge ; there, with his mate, He 1'omuls their lowly house, of withered leaves And coarsest spear-grass ; next the inner work, "With...lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast. In this country, and also in France and Germany, larks usually have two broods in the year ; but in...

...with his mate, He founds their lowly house, of withered bents, And coarser spear-grass ; next, the work With finer, and still finer fibres lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast. The nest is simple, but it is made with care. The male bird brings home the materials for building,...

...Luxuriant crown the ridge : there, with his mate, He founds their lonely house, of withered herbs, And coarsest spear-grass ; next the inner work, With...lays, Rounding it curious with his speckled breast." GRAHAMB. Larks breed thrice a year, in May, July, and August, rearing their young in a short space...