THE BHARAT AND ITS KINDRED 



The bird, that inspired a great poet of 

 England to break out into "harmonious mad- 

 ness", is not a strange figure in the sun-lit, 

 clear, blue sky of India. The overflowing 

 music of this mystic minstrel of the air — 

 the Sky-Lark — comes floating down the 

 sun-beams on a winter day. This particular 

 Sky-Lark fAlauda arvendsj, beloved of 

 the English Muse, does not, however, come 

 within the scope of this treatise, for it is 

 only a temporary sojourner in our climes. 

 But it has a first-cousin in the Indian Sky- 

 Lark (^A. gulgulaj the vocal attainments 

 of which are hardly inferior. Our Sky- 

 Lark is the latter bird, which has, by the 

 sweetness of its impetuous music, won the 

 admiration of princes and peasants alike. 

 It is known in this country as the 'Bharat\ 



