CHAPTER V.

THE BIRDS OF SONG.

The Nightingale.--“Lamenting Philomel.”--Singing against a Thorn.--Erroneously supposed to Sing only by Night.-- “Recording.”--The Lark.--“The Herald of the Morn.”--Singing at Heaven’s Gate.--Song of the Lark.--Soaring and Singing.--Changing Eyes with Toad.--Lark-Catching.--The Common Bunting.--“The Throstle, with his Note so True.”--Imitation of his Song.--The Ouzel-Cock. --The Robin-Redbreast, or Ruddock.--Covering the Dead with Leaves. --“Redbreast Teacher.”--“The Wren with Little Quill.”--Its Loud Song.--The Sparrow.--“Philip Sparrow.”--Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow.--The Hedge-Sparrow and Cuckoo.--“The Cuckoo’s Bird.” --“Ungentle Gull.”--“The Plain Song Cuckoo Gray.”--The Song of the Cuckoo.--Cuckoo Songs.--The Wagtail, or Dishwasher.-- Bird-catching.--Springes.--Gins.--Bat-fowling.--Its Two Significations.--Bird-Lime, Bird-Bolts, and Birding-Pieces. 123