. Nature's carol singers. Birds. THE SKYLARK THE SKYLARK. It seems almost su- perfluous to give a word of description concerning this well- Ivnown and almost universally distributed ^f\ WtV song bird. The upper ^^\\ W'f ' parts of the Lavrock, v-ffi/ ^* ^^ ^^ sometimes called J are of varying shades of brown, the darkest being in the centres of the feathers, and the hghtest on their edges. The under parts are pale straw colour, tinged in parts with brown and spotted on the breast with a dark hue of that colour. It is about seven inches in length, and, as most of my readers will have noticed, h
. Nature's carol singers. Birds. THE SKYLARK THE SKYLARK. It seems almost su- perfluous to give a word of description concerning this well- Ivnown and almost universally distributed ^f\ WtV song bird. The upper ^^\\ W'f ' parts of the Lavrock, v-ffi/ ^* ^^ ^^ sometimes called J are of varying shades of brown, the darkest being in the centres of the feathers, and the hghtest on their edges. The under parts are pale straw colour, tinged in parts with brown and spotted on the breast with a dark hue of that colour. It is about seven inches in length, and, as most of my readers will have noticed, has a greatly elongated hind claw. This interesting provision of Nature acts the useful part of a snow-shoe during severe weather in the winter. Although it leaves its higher breeding 71. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kearton, Richard, 1862-1928; Kearton, Cherry, 1871-1940, illus. London, New York [etc. ] Cassell and Co. , Ltd.
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