Mary Allen
ʻO Larks nā manu mele liʻiliʻi. A puni ka honua aia ma kahi o 90 mau ʻano, ma ʻEulopa, he ʻumikūmākahi mau ʻano. ʻO nā mea kaulana loa ʻo ia ka skylark, woodlark, crested lark, a me ka lark wāwae pōkole. Noho kekahi o kēia mau ʻano lark i ka makahiki holoʻokoʻa ma kahi hoʻokahi. No laila, noho lākou. Ua neʻe kekahi i Sepania a me Pokukala, a ʻo kekahi i ʻApelika. No laila, he mau manu lele lākou.
ʻO ka mea kūikawā e pili ana i nā larks kā lākou mele. Ua kākau pinepine nā haku mele a me nā mea hoʻokani pila e pili ana i ia mea a i hoʻohālike paha i kā lākou mele i ka hīmeni ʻana o nā leki. Hiki iā lākou ke piʻi kiʻekiʻe a laila wili i lalo, me ke mele mau.
Kūkulu nā Larks i ko lākou pūnana ma ka honua. Pono lākou i kahi ʻāina i hana ʻole ʻia e kahi mahiʻai i kēia manawa a ʻaʻole i hoʻololi ʻia e ke kanaka. Ma laila lākou e ʻeli ai i kahi lua liʻiliʻi a pā i waho. Ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi a me ka liʻiliʻi o ia mau wahi, liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi nā larks e lawe ana no kekahi mau ʻano. Haʻalele kekahi poʻe mahiʻai i kahi ʻāpana ʻāina i waena o ka mahina ʻai ʻole no nā larks. Kapa ʻia kēia he "puka puka makani".
Hoʻokahi a ʻelua paha ka hua o nā lark wahine i ka makahiki, ʻelua a ʻeono paha i kēlā me kēia manawa. Pili kēlā i nā ʻano lark. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo ka wahine wale nō ka incubates, ʻo ia ka lōʻihi o ʻelua pule. Hanai pū nā mākua ʻelua i kā lāua ʻōpiopio. Ma hope o ka pule maikaʻi, lele ka ʻōpio i waho.
ʻAʻole koho ka larks i kā lākou ʻai: ʻai lākou i nā ʻanuʻu, nā ʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi, a me nā ʻanuʻu, akā ʻo ka pūnāwelewele, a me nā snails. Akā, ʻo nā ʻanoʻano kekahi o kā lākou ʻai, e like me nā ʻōpuʻu a me nā mauʻu ʻōpiopio loa.
He ʻeleʻele ka nui o nā lark. No laila ua kūpono lākou i ke kala o ka honua. Loaʻa iā lākou kā lākou kala camouflage e pale iā lākou mai nā mea ʻaihue. Eia nō naʻe, liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi nā ʻano lark. ʻAʻole kēia ma muli o nā ʻenemi akā no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā wahi kūpono no kā lākou pūnana.