. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. LARKS. 139 prnfusflv us to anm'A llus f^'ruwinl. They aiv oval in slmiK>, sli-litly nioiv poitiUMl at one end, mcasmi! .'.i:'. oi an iucli in len-^lli l)y .7ti in Accordinn- to Sclhy, llm yuiiiij,' of liist au; liilly the of Jniif, anil llie in Aii}j;iist. Tlie Liik a very strong' attaclinicnt to its y<MMi;4, many ; ai;c(au:ts luv. \ Kuroiican writers ul" its int(!lli;4i'nt cndcavo
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. LARKS. 139 prnfusflv us to anm'A llus f^'ruwinl. They aiv oval in slmiK>, sli-litly nioiv poitiUMl at one end, mcasmi! .'.i:'. oi an iucli in len-^lli l)y .7ti in Accordinn- to Sclhy, llm yuiiiij,' of liist au; liilly the of Jniif, anil llie in Aii}j;iist. Tlie Liik a very strong' attaclinicnt to its y<MMi;4, many ; ai;c(au:ts luv. \ Kuroiican writers ul" its int(!lli;4i'nt cndcavois to conc'cal ami to |.intccl its nest,—in ono instance ^ an aitilicial dome of dry -riiss, wlaMv till! nattival protcftioii liad U'vn rut away by , and in anotlaa' attemi>liii^' to ri'inovu tiu; younj,' to a iilace of greater mifety. Tho Lurk has, in sovuial instanws, been siiccessnilly induced to mate and rear her youn- in an aviary; and Mr. \V. I'. Foster, of Haidviiey, is (jUoted by Mr. Yiirrell as authority for the statement, that, durin-j; the period of pm- ducin-,' the e^'f^s, tiie female has been linird to sin<j; with a power and a variety of tone eiiual to the voice of her mate. While his niali^ is ; on her ,t;s, lh(! male. T-ark, apparently timi<l at all otlua' times, remarkably bold, and drives away other birds that venture too near their He not only watches iier and seeks to protect her, but assiduously supplies her with food. Gpa'us EREMOPHILA, lioiR ErcmopMI,,, Hoie, Isis, IS-JS. M-l. (Typi', .lhn„la al/. Sullicicntly from Eirmojihilus, , [ImsIics,] 1805.) Philaxmos, Hukiim, Vi)},'*'!. IS'fl. Olomrls, I5(.',\llTi:, 1S:)9. (Type, Ahuula <,!i„:ilrh, V,v.\Y.) (We nro uimlilc to liiid wlu'ic I 111' ;,'('mis is iiiimctl.) Gks. CilAU. Fiivl priiiiiiry Wiiiiliii!,'; liill scarcely liijrlicr tlmii b oiul : iicistiils circular, coiicenkMl liy a denso lull of rcathc
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