What is the inheritance order of も and は topics?


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?**




  * **1st sentence** : ほかの鳥 thought "よだか are ugly birds!"
  * **2nd sentence** : ひばり are not very beautiful, _either_ , but even ひばり thought "We look much better than よだか!"

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)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1077/5010)

Read the second sentence like this:

  * **ひばりも、** あまり美しい鳥ではありません。
  * が、 **ひばりも、** 「よだかよりは、ずっと上だ」と思っていました。
  * なので、 **ひばりも、** 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。




  * **1st sentence** : ほかの鳥 thought "よだか are ugly birds!"
  * **2nd sentence** : ひばり are not very beautiful, _either_ , but even ひばり thought "We look much better than よだか!"

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)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1077/5010)

Read the second sentence like this:

  * **ひばりも、** あまり美しい鳥ではありません。
  * が、 **ひばりも、** 「よだかよりは、ずっと上だ」と思っていました。
  * なので、 **ひばりも、** 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。

