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"■. of ifei■ ''v'ii^iS'í.:;: fí ft»$ae;uíi¡ tUanáj plañís and open, downs, and is numerous ip the Southern States as far as
Xfoingitt. ih u in g that season they fty high, fa Icwse-seattercd flocks, and at these tknes have a single cry,
' ah?V>st like the Skylark. o f Britain. It is, however, not. improbable diat this species- is spread over the
■ whole df' the-Aoier i<jaj* continents; at least.we have received it from the Straits oí Ma&eHnn’. where it was
ihand hy Captain Kiug. M. Teminrnc-k states that it appears as a l&d of passage in Germany, and never
ventures into the southern continental provinces. The .regions o f fche'polar circle appear to he its native
hidbitat'; it also incubates-'and rears it* young; in the marshy and wOody district® of the eastern portionsr
o f ibe far, countries Of North Amerh ,:a, According to Ur. Richardson, who quotes Mr. Hutchins as his
authority for stating thaf its nest is placed on the ground. and fcha* it lays four or five white eggs spotted
with black. Oft the advance o f winter» i f re treats to the southwards, and is. common in the United States
v throughonfe that season. ■ . ¡t ; -
■ Jt appears to- frequent wild and barren districts adjacent to, the shore, - situations in 'Sft&ich i t particularly
delights, and more especially sandy (dcvations covered with scanty tufts o f herbage, never perching on trees,
but gaining, its subsistence from the seeds of grasses and the shoots and buds of dwarf shrubs,
I h e m a le a n d feimjk* o f th i s b e a u tifu l sp e c ie s d iffe r i n th e 'b rillia n c y o f th e plumage. Ift the, «tófe, d ie
.-. w h o f e o f t h e u p p e r iárrlnee. is o f n vám*a» awh \ooloHr, cfieb feather h a v in g á c e n tr a l wiwb o f brown; th e
fo reh e ad , i s y e llow , w h e n c e a «'íeiialer s tr ip e p a sse s ove# th e *ye) dm® tb* ¿-«Hour o f the fi»n?h«ad- a tim jl
patch o f b la c k e x te n d » a c ro s s klWi b e a d , í¿w«»btattn(g (shove oas-h eye- \u a
the ^ r e t e o f some ■oil .tin? nfeir’,: o f fnhttóf. elevated c-r depressed at pleasure ¡i ftptim the frase ■of the
hid extends a black mnrk, whftth etwee» itwt oheekn í H'u.'oa*-and sides of the u*£Ck by a
black gorget; sides vúikjbs ¡»1». «rlutiisk eni <fa*’«wkar w*feec$ dj#- *** Wown^
the rest btaek, the: edge of *1«? oatfewimtrt licS«^ white; bail hvwwH 5 ÍHifeá
in the female, the hbtck b and on the. head and fcíw? ygwU :w mrt very n^ssi-«»«, sbte ycUdw is circumscribed
and dull, and die gorget smalt,'in which respect' due yoieig are sninfur.
We have figured a male and female of the natural jmke.