or DARING, among sportsmen, a method of taking larks, by means of a clapnet and a looking-glass. For this purpose there must be provided several pieces of looking-glass, which are to be so fixed in a frame as to reflect their light upwards; and this apparatus is supported on a moveable pin, with the end of a long line fixed to it, and so arranged that by pulling one end of the cord the apparatus is made to rotate. Several larks, termed calls, are provided; and these, with the glittering of the looking-glasses as they twirl round in the sun, invite the other larks down. The card which communicates with the net is then to be drawn, in order to bring the net over the birds so attracted to the spot. The places best adapted for daring larks are open fields remote from any trees and hedges, except one for the concealment of the fowler.