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Coly, vide Beak and Feake. 



MS 



r* 



Comerowse or Comerous, [troublesome, old English]. 



Condition, ^Iw d» baghal- shinds , adj., Ind. Pers. MS., (said of 

 a falconer that can tell the condition of a hawk by feeling 

 the flesh under the wings ; vide also Breast) : ;&i %zJ*jL 

 &*$*») bi-gusht-i shikar rasidan, Mod. Pers. (to be in proper 

 flying condition). 



Congregation, [" A Congregation of Plovers " ; vide also Lap- 

 wing]. 



Constipation, ^cii' qabz, Hindu, and Pers. : »>** sudda Ind. Pers. 

 MS. (obstruction in the bowels ; vide Stoone in the funda- 

 ment) : ^^ khushkt, Mod. Pers. 



Coney or Cony, [Rabbit more than a year old, vide Harting's 

 Birds of Shakespeare, p. 12 Intro.]. 



Coo-coo, vide Cry. 



Coot, Vj* parld, T. and Mod. Pers. (coot ?) : JlWi qashqal, T., 



(in Chach Hazara) : [a couert of cootis]. 

 Coping, (cutting off the sharp points of the beak and claws), 



ti£f^' or UvJ or W(^ cr^k, ndkhun kdtnd (or lend or tardshnd) 



Hindu., (of the claws) : liSfc Jy no? kdtnd, Hindu., (of the 

 beak). 



Corby, vide Crow. 



Cormorant, j$\+f ghdgar, in Derajat ; ^jU Mn, (in Chach 



Hazara). 

 Cote, vide Coat. 



Cover, vide Case and Tail-cover. 

 Covert, vide Coot. 

 Coverts, ^3 dhakan 9 Panj.: dh^s" sarpush, Pers.: ^Uiu 



miftdh, Ar., ft*., " a key ' ' (a primary covert) : *S^ jarka (?), 



MS. (a primary covert ?) : tmfe also 'Deck-feather'. 

 Covey, [A couy of partrichis]. *tf galla Pers. (but in Hindu- 

 stani only for cattle; herd). 



Cowardly, o^a J kam-himmat , Hindu, and Pers., (lacking in 



courage and also in perseverance) ; f*fi bodd, Hindi: vide 

 Ignoble. 



Cower, Cowering, [of young hawks when they quiver and shake 



their wings]. 



