Skylark, common name for three species of birds of the lark family. The best known is the common, or Eurasian, skylark, a universal favorite because of the sweetness of its song. It abounds in open, cultivated, or grassland districts and is common in much of Europe and Asia, but from the north it migrates southward to winter in North Africa and southern Asia. The skylark makes its nest generally in an open field and often under shelter of a tuft of herbage or a clod of earth, lays three or four mottled eggs, generally producing two broods in a season. It is not gregarious in summer, but in winter large flocks assemble.
“Skylark,” Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2008
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