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



Crabbed, Crabbing, jfiji laraku, Panj., (quarrelsome, cross- 

 grained). ["Crabbing, i.e., grabbing; said of hawks when 

 two are flown together, and one seizes the other on the 

 quarry by mistake." — Harting. "Hawks fighting with 

 each other. — Lascettes"]. 



Cramp, ^ tashannuj, Ind. Pers. MS. (violent cramps). 



Crane, ^y kunj, Panj., and ^MiS kulang, Hind., (the common 



crane) : ^Jxlf or >J& Jculang and kulank, P. , and ^jio or ^ 

 durna or turna, T., (are the Mod. Pers. names for the same) : 

 Ish* qarqara. TurkT and Hindu, (the demoiselle crane) : 

 [Jf or atf gal or gala, a flock; vide also Covey and Herd] : 



or 



»jLb saras Hindu, (the Sarus, Grus antigone). 



Gray, (the disease), vide Constipation. 



Creance, 1 [No special words; e*U-j; risman in several MSS.]. 



Creep, to fly to the, [And yowre hawke sleeth at or to the 



Creepe when ye haue yowre hawke on yowre fyst and crepe 

 softely to the Ryuer or to the pit. and stelith softeli 

 to the brynke thereof, and then cry huff, and bi that 

 meane nym a fowle. Then it is slayn at the crepe oder 

 at the fer Jutty or at the Jutty ferry. — Boke of St. Albans, 

 p. 48], vide Secretly and Stalk. 



Crest, Ls ^iS kalghi, Hindu, (a crest of a bird ; also an artificial 

 plume for the head) : ^J^ chontt, Hindi (of bird ; also a 

 woman's plaits). 



Cricket, vide Mole-cricket. 



Crines, Crinetts, [The small hair-like feathers about the beak]. 



Croaks or Kecks, (the disease), li/ *J> £ takh takh karna, 



Panj. : tijf^L^L. khar khar karna 



in the throat, etc.). 

 Crop, ^4yS ghogha (in Behar) : tijj pota, Hindi : »j^#^4a. jha* 



jhura, Derawal ? : &\£ji)\ upar ka tah> Panj.: <uj^ china, 

 Pers.: al^^ hawsala^ Ar., Pers., and Hindu. 



Crossing-flight, [When another bird flies between a hawk and 

 her quarry. — Harting.]. 



Crow, »y kawwa, Hindu., and >& or &\£ kanw or kan f Panj.: 



tefe karghah^ Pushtu; jfc^a dew ka,o, Kashmiri (the Com- 

 mon Indian crow) : yM isj^^ ghdgri kanw, in the Derajat 



(the Indian Corby) : ^ kulagh, Mod. Pers.: *~±j i^ or 



1 In French criame, filiere, and tiens-le-bien. *Vide* also note to 

 Reclaim. 



