When a trout is tickled on the sides or the belly it becomes so stupefied that it lets itself be caught in the hand.
In Much Ado (iii. I) Hero says—
"For look where Beatrice, like a lapwing, runs
Close by the ground, to hear our conference."
The lapwing, which runs very swiftly, bends its neck towards the ground in running, in order to escape observation.
In King Lear (i. 4) the Fool says—
"The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long.
That it had its head bit off by its young."
In England, it is in the hedge-sparrow's nest that the cuckoo lays its eggs.
In All's Well that Ends Well (ii. 5) Lafeu says—
"I took this lark for a bunting."
The English bunting is a bird of the same colour and appearance as the lark, but it does not sing so well.