422 The Zoologist— October, 1866; 



* * * " Lei his grace go forward, 

 And dare us with his cap like larks." 



Henry VIII., Act iii. Scene 2. 



" His grace " refers to the Cardinal, whose cap, as is usual, was 



scarlet; and it appears that one of the methods formerly, of "daring" 



or drawing larks, was by small mirrors fastened on red cloth, which 



attracted the birds from curiosity, when the fowler drew his net over 



them. 



» » « The shrill gorg'd lark, so far 



Cannot be seen or heard." 



King Lear, Act iv. Scene 6. 



* * " Sing as sweetly as the lark." 



Merchant of Venice, Act v. Scene 1 . 



" Did ever raven sing so like a lark. 

 That gives sweet tidings of the sun's uprise." 



Tilus Andronicus, Act iii. Scene 1 . 



" The raven doth not hatch a lark." 



Id., Act ii. Scene 3. 



" The night to the owl and morn to the lark less welcome." 



Cymbeline, Act iii. Scene 6. 



" For night-owls shriek when mounting larks should sing." 



Richard II., Act iii. Scene 3. 



"What, is the jay more precious than the lark because his feathers are more 

 beautiful ? " — Taming of the Shrew. 



Finch {Fringilla ?). 



Throughout the whole of the Plays there appears but one mention 

 of a finch, and this occurs in a song in * Midsummer Night's Dream,' 

 in the following line, 



" The Jinch, the sparrow, and the lark." 



In * Troilus and Cressida,' however, when Thersites and Patroclus 

 are abusing each other, the former calls the latter "Jinch-egg^' (Act v. 

 Scene 1). 



House Sparrow (Fringilla domestica). 



" Good leave, good Philip." 

 " Philip ! sparrow ! " 



King John. 



