318 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [July, 1910. 



Bevy, [A beuy of Quaylis, Roos, or Ladies]. 



Be wits, [The strips of leather by which the bells are attached 



to the legs. In India gut is usually employed]. 



Big, jjyai qadd-awar (prop. " tall of stature " ; amongst Panj. 

 falconers and in an Ind. Pers. MS. = " big " ; compare 

 with masel, etc., ' vide ' Flesh). 



Bile, rtjSL*> safra*; vide Casting and Gleam. 



Bind. [To fasten on the quarry in the air. — Harting. Accord- 

 ing to Burton (pp. 18-19) the French equivalent Her is con- 

 fined to falcons; "truss" being used for short- winged 

 hawks. According to the same writer the French em- 

 pieter " to trample " is used of " hawks 5 ' as they hold 

 the game down under foot] : vide Wrestle and Clutch. 



Bird, wUj bughas, Ar. MS. (birds other than birds of prey). 

 Bird-batting, vide Bat-fowling. 



Bird-bolt, [A short thick arrow with flat end used for knocking 

 over birds without outward injury]. 



Bird-boy, (scares bird from corn) U&a \J kawwd-hankna , Hindu. 

 Bird-catcher, Birder, ;Ujj$» chiri-mar, Hindu. : jfci^c mir-shikar, 



Hindu. : ^j^fim - <^;&& - dl** shikarchi, shikari and sayyad, 



(Mod. Pers.) : vide Snarer. 

 Birder, vide Bird-catcher. 

 Birding, (bird-catching)^^ narju, Panj., and Kli nalka, Hindu. 



(the Indian bird-catcher's long jointed bamboo; and U*K 



kampa (the forked twig or strip of bamboo for the bird- 

 lime) : vide also Rod. 



to lime) ; *\j* gh 



<Jja dabq. Ar. MS. (J^ dabbaqa 



Bird of prey, vide Raptores. 



Bittern, ^j4 kharkhdr, in Chach, (this name is; 



the Purple Heron) : ^ go*i, Kashmiri (a s] 



Bittern) : vide also Sedge. 



Bittour, bittor, bitter, bitter bump, vide Bittern. 



Blackbird, \j a ^f kastura and kasturl (Indian Bl 

 of a species of thrush). 



Blindness, vide Night-blindness. 



disease 



appears 

 an eruD 



Corballis : 



and 



In the Boke of 



