Can a topic that is identified via the も particle be included in a は topic that comes AFTER it? e.g. Two sequential sentences from a book I'm reading:
1st Sentence: ほかの鳥は、もう、よだかの顔を見ただけでも、いやになってしまうという工合でした。
2nd Sentence: たとえば、ひばりも、あまり美しい鳥ではありませんが、よだかよりは、ずっと上だと思っていましたので、夕方など、よだかにあうと、さもさもいやそうに、しんねりと目をつぶりながら、首をそっぽへ向けるのでした。
... but is ひばり (the skylark) being included in the previous topic (ほかの鳥は) or the upcoming one (あまり美しい鳥では)?
Can も mark a topic for inclusion in an (as yet) unintroduced は topic?
Here ほかの鳥 refers to all birds which are not よだか. ほかの鳥 includes ひばり, which are relatively ugly among ほかの鳥 but are much better than よだか.
The topic of the second sentence is ひばり, which is marked with も instead of は because there are other ugly birds mentioned in the story. あまり美しい鳥 is not the topic but one of the three predicates of the second sentence: Why is the topic marker often used in negative statements (ではない, ～とは思わない)?
Read the second sentence like this:
To me, the も in your example sentence would seem superfluous, as the skylark is already included in the category of 'other birds'. It would sound like: 'Other birds, for example, including also the skylark'. This makes for an unnatural sentence. Furthermore, when you are using skylark as the singular example, there would be no need to add も (for my one example, also the skylark…).
If you are trying to say ‘even the skylark’ I would use でも. It would help if you provided a complete (non-fragmented) example of the English sentence that you wish to convey and the nuance (is it supposed to be stilted dialogue?).
ほかの鳥は... たとえば, ひばりも, あまり鳥は...
Alternate suggestions:
ほかの鳥、例えば「ひばり」はあまり…
ほかの鳥、ひばり含めて、あまり…
ひばりを含む、ほかの鳥はあまり…
たとえば, ひばりも, あまり美しい鳥はありませんが<- 写し間違ってませんか？ I think it should be たとえば、ひばりも、あまり美しい鳥ではありませんが、 I think you need a で here. I would mean "For example, skylarks are not very pretty birds either, but... "