VOCABULARY. 359 



ENGLISH NAMES. HINDOSTANEE NAMES. 



Hare khargosh, kharaha, leparoo, and poo- 



tiya in Eastern Bengal. 



hispid ? 



Hog, wild ... ... ... ... sooar, bara. 



pigmy ... ? 



*Hyena lakra-bagha. 



* Jackal ... ... ... ... geedhur, siyal. 



Leopard, hunting ... ... ... cheetabagh. 



*Lynx ... ... ... ... seea-gosh. 



*0tter ood, ood-bila'o. 



Panther, grass ... ... ... kendoo'a, tendoo'a, sona-cheeta (Ben- 



gal). 



,, tree kendoo'a. 



,, clouded ... ... ... ? 



,, black ... ... ... kala bagh. 



^Porcupine sahee, serja (Bengal). 



*Ratel bujjer-bhal. 



Rhinoceros, Indian ^ 



, , Soonderbun > gainda. 



Malayan J 



Tiger ... ... .. ... bagh, sher. 



*Wolf booraha. bheriya. 



A LIST OF GAME BIRDS OF THE LOWER PROVINCES 

 OF BENGAL. 



N.B. Those marked with an asterisk are rarely fired at by old 

 Indian sportsmen. 



ENGLISH NAMES. HINDOSTANEE NAMES. 



Avocet kusya chaba (Jerdon). 



*Bittern, black 



chestnut... .. f 



* blue jhu (ditto). 



* yellow * 



*Coot, bald dasari, moorghab. 



purple kalim, kaim. 



Crane, koolong koolang. 



* large white safed k^rkara. 



* sarus sarus. 



