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calfe. a Fawn, a Roo. a Kydde. an Elke. a Crane, 

 a Bustarde. a Storke. a Swan, a Fox in the playn 

 grownde. And theis be not enlured. ne reclaymed. by 

 cause that thay be so ponderowse to the perch port at iff. 

 And theis iii by ther nature belong to an Emprowre. — Boke 

 of St Albans, p. 52]. 



Beak, g>y*> chonch Hindu., gen.: i^* muhra (Panj. coll.): <Jy 

 note, Panj., and Jy nol Hindu., and Ind. Pers. MS. : 

 minsar (of hawks) and ;l5i* minqar (of any bird) Ind. Pers. 

 MS. and Ar. : Ji^ thing (Mod. Pers. ; vide also Claw and to 

 Peck) : vide Mandible. 



Beak, to, J [*' — yowre hawke colyeth and not beckyth." — Boke 



of St. A., p. 10. But elsewhere, p. 45, in the same book 



her beke] ; vide Feake. 



sewith 



Beam-feathers, [And the long federis' 2 of the Wynge of an 

 hawke bene calde the beme federis of the Wyng. — Boke of 

 St. A., p. 15.] For the "beam-feather of the tail, vide 

 Deck-feathers, and Tail. 



Beasts trained to the chase, vide under Raptores. 

 Beat, to, is*y p*y. I; J'* bal ra bar-ham zadan (to beat the wings, 

 i.e., not to sail) : l^jU^ jharna (to beat for game ; vide 



Drive). 



Feed). 



Beck, fly at the, vide View. 



Bell, u%&j& ghunghru, Hindu. : <Jjj %%l f. 3 T., 3 

 sSJj zang, &)*&) zangola, and jaldjal 3 <J^^ 

 Ind. Pers. MS.) : Indian hawk-bells shouk 



<*4*V chakh, Panj. (a taste of ; vide 



different 



tones, nar o mada, male and female, the latter being the 

 shriller : * ; ) zira, Ind. Pers. MSS. and m. c. (bells for pigeons 



\«axj painjm Hindu.). 



Bench, saku, Mod. Pers. (bench, seat, platform, of wood or 



mud). 



Besom- tailed, [" the worst you can say by an hawke for 



their shape is, that shee is a long slender and beesome 

 tailed hawke.— Bert., p. 56, Harting's Edition. 



Besra, vide Sparrow-hawk. 



1 According to Halliwell i4 to beak " is a hawking term, as well as 



a term of cock-fighting. 



* By the " long-feathers " the 2nd, 3rd and 4th primaries only are 



probably intended. 



3 Prob. Ar. pi. jalajil, sing, juljul. 



