RUSSIAN. 187 



According to Haller, the Kirghis and Bashkirs call the 

 Jerfalcon Schounkar, distinguishing the White Jerfalcon as Ak- 

 schounkar, thougli Meyerberg (1662) says it is the male only 

 which they call Schonkar, the female bird being designated 

 Itelgoe. Cf. Adelung, Meyerberg und seine Reise nach Russland^ 

 p. 218. Meyerberg's statement is confirmed by the Russian 

 naturalist Pallas (No. 326), i. p. 325. 



On the subject of the white falcons of Siberia sent to China, 

 which will be found noticed hereafter under the head of 

 Chinese works on Falconry, the reader may be referred to 

 John Bell's "Travels to Pekin," 2 vols. 4to, Glasgow, 1763 

 (vol. i. ch. xi.); "The Travels of Marco Polo," translated by 

 William Marsden, 4to, London, 1818 (pp. 221, 342, and 749), 

 and Ranking's " Historical Researches on the Wars and 

 Sports of the Mongols and Romans," 4to, London, 1826 (pp. 77 

 note, So, and 210). 



333. CEMEHTOBCKA.ro : CKA3AHIE JOBAXT) KHflSEli 

 KIEBCKIIXT). 



Sementovskova. Skazdnie Lovd^ KnyazH Kiev- 

 ski^. 



Sementovski : Narrative of the Hunting of the 

 Princes of Kiev. 



Cited by Haller (No. ZZ^^- Referring to the captivity of 

 Izor Prince Severski, it is said that he was allowed to amuse 

 himself by hawking with the Goshawk — flCTpe6aM'B aoBaiueTs. 



The falconers — coko.ii.hhki. (whose office in Russia dates back 

 to the fourteenth century) — besides other duties, had to procure 

 hawks. These they got from Zavalochie on the Petchora, in the 

 Ural regions, Perm and Siberia, especially from the shores of the 

 White Sea, on the Mourman, Zimnie, Terski, and in Novaja 

 Zemlia. 



By virtue of a treaty with the great city of Novgorod, the 

 Tsars sent their falconers there every year, ordering them to be 

 furnished with provisions and horses. 



In Heym's Geogr. EncycL des Russ. Reichs, p. 561, it is stated 

 that at one time the population of Novgorod included 179 male 



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