Captain James Low on Buvp a and the Phrabdt. 113 
No. 59. 
Kinaro. The Siamese Ki ndn, or two figures ; half bird, half human. 
They are depicted also at the foot of Meru. 
No. 60. 
Mayuro. A bird so called. 
No. 61. 
Kaya Raa. The Nok Kariun of the Siamese, which is a bird, they 
say, inhabiting the valleys of Himala. I have had no means of ascertaining 
the real import of the name of this Bali bird. According to their tradi- 
tions, it eats iron filings in its food, which are mixed purposely with it 
seven times. The dung is collected; and from this the finest tempered 
swords are made. 
No. 62. 
Chakkawathi. Another bird ; the Nok Chakkaphak of the Siamese. 
No. 63. 
Chiwa kunchika, The Siamese call this bird P,hria nokkrakit, by which 
they seem to understand an eagle, or hawk. The falcon, according to 
Mr. H. T. Colebrooke, is an emblem of the Jaina god Ananta, the fourth 
in succession. Jurrrer with his eagle is Visunu; and becomes INDRA as 
Jupiter Tonans. The Kurt of the Siamese, or Garupa, has also the 
beak and talons of an eagle. 
No. 64. 
Supanno. The Siamese Kurut or Garupa, the Hindu bird of Heri. 
Bali writings fix his abode in the second sphere, or heaven, the Maha 
Raika. ere he abides amidst the wide expanded branches of the 
thorny tree termed Merucha Simp hali ruk,ia, whence he pounces on the 
Nak,ho, or snakes; a people who, it appears from the writings of Wilford, 
ee eee 
peacock and Argus pheasant. It is much to be regretted, that in these regions the pursuits of 
the naturalist can only be continued as it were by stealth, the jealousy of barbarous govern- 
ments combining with the unhealthiness of thinly peopled and thickly wooded countries, to re- 
tard all systematic investigation. 
Vou. III. Q 
