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' the' "Cnesied la r k is fti¡un&u>%' distributed over the/ t em p e d 'm l warmer piwtions iff the
'(Hinthiei»*, wfl> insto»«*, «jif >’« kmüig been kified in the British Islands is, m fair as wé are aware, on lecovdU
this •:; the íiiwc fiS,í^¡||^|>í as, feowi the circumstance o f its extending its range to-ntauv parts of the eo&sfc
which ■ ■ . pparijjh per own, m i from its being particularly common in dm fields and plains round Calais', it
a ig h t pife a J J I p L » M Dover a t » i l l . , Our pereenaTebacrratmfpf tins bi«d wbiin mjl l i e Coptupntlead*
nt fa regard it'as a much more solitary bird than the Skylark, to which in ¡is general aspect ¡t hharee
! ®*MKfc resemblance; The Crested ... .rh is said to congregate ie docks occasionally, bitf wiren wfc observed
thent they were scattered over the country ki paire, vci;y if cejeentiy hr the vicinity o í the mani roads. They
may, .readily; be distinguisi: ed from their hear ally by the crest, which in the wale hfgencraliy erect,; they wo,
# ! á said to perch on trees.
, The C m ie d Lark frequently sings -$» it flies. sooacdiBes soaring; tò a g rc o t height! its s ^ n g is varied,
^ n s jd e r it ita | è to the weltbnòwa songster that enlivens the spring.tirae in oar islands
• ' :t a chetv. ¡i vc$rawnoti9 notes.
As we have before stated,, its range on, the Conttséat is very general, and M Verafoinck' ¿-elates that it is
aoraetitnes foand pretty far north, although in no great nambers: to these localities w e m ay a d d (h a t k is
m inhabitant ò f the RariJmra portions o f Africa, the whole o f Asia M'snor, and the high la u d s b f M a>
•• female fe less than tfe «wife, *r«l feas not so Fong a cm*. It is said to batfy, a nest
íy ? ta ) Ko^vi'^ir !i!u • i;yl-::-k . the e-»g- : ,.r o r five m ^ m h n . . I
slUbe .«pjwtr wr&ce, winip», and ferii, reddish brown with dà
throat, be%r tail^30erh*ì, «od the onter tail-feather.«
nfepons%- «wth dnrk li^nsn. nad tinged with reddhjh, ^
c rfis tó c íi^ ; M jd i i í H » h i
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1 dark
i male and. «¡1- tbfi ttSrtftiw*