PASSERES. ( 250 ) A LAUD IBM. 



THE SKYLARK. 



LAVEROCK, FIELD LARK, COMMON LARK. 



Alauda arvensis. 



Hark ! hark ! the Lark at heaven's gate sings, 



And Phcebus 'gins arise, 

 His steeds to water at those springs 



On chaliccd flowers that lies. 



Shakespeare, Cytnbeline, ii. 3. 



The Latcerock maid melody 7cp hie in the skyis. 



Sir David Lindsay of the Mount. 



The joyous song of this charming bird is heard in the 

 Merse from early spring until summer is well advanced, 

 and during that period, from the grey dawn of the morning 

 until the shades of the evening, he pours his gladsome 

 music from the sky. 



Up in the morning while the dew 



Is splashing in crystals o'er him ; 

 The ploughman hies to the upland rise, 



But the lark is there before him ; 

 He sings when the team is linked to the share, 



He sings when the mist is going, 

 He sings when the noontide south is fair, 



He sings when the west is 'glowing. 



Cook. 



The Skylark generally rises from the ground on fluttering 

 wings as it commences its song, soaring upwards singing 



