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tjijf illf , kuldgh-i-ablaq or kulagh-i-jjisa , Mod. Pers. (the 

 Hooded or Pied Crow; perhaps also the Magpie q. v.). 

 Cry, ^Udj/jT awaz44alab, Ind. Pers. MS* (the luring- cry ) : 

 &*j* y$ ** Qu qu /cardan. Mod. Pers. (ditto) : vide also u Warn- 



ing." 



Hieroccyx 



ItfAj papzha, Hindi (the " Brain-fever Bird" 



Cunning, ^ duzd, Mod. Pers. (cunning and lazy, of old hounds 

 and hawks) : _^£jLaf asdn-gir and ^l^ _£**> subuk-shinds , 

 Ind, Pers. MS. (recognising easy flights and not trying at 

 difficult ones ; a vice). 



Curlew, y, buza, the Black Curlew or Common Ibis q. v. 



j*ixLt| ispalandu, in Chach Hazara (the Common Curlew) : 



vide also Herd. 



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Dabchick, vide Grebe. 



Dare, (to frighten), [To dare birds is to catch them by frighten- 



ing them with a hawk or by other means]. 



toghi or took, Panj. and Ind. Pers. MS 



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tail-feather, the " beam- feather of the tail," from dugh 

 or tugh, T. "a tail," vide Beam-feathers and Tail) : 

 'amud Ar. (ditto; lit. column, pillar): <Jbti qdpdq, T. P., 



means 



feathers and Tail. 



Decoy, tjll lawd, Hindu, (a stale, i.e., a stuffed bird as a decoy, 

 lit. " bringer ") ; ^ la*} zinda lawd, Hindu, (a live decoy) : 

 tjV (£<l_ j&j buldre kd lawd, Hindu, (quails and partridges 

 used as call-birds) : ** mulld, Panj. and Ind. MS. (a live 

 bird or bait for a hawk) ; jl*y° moMu, Panj, (ditto) : |^t«, 

 Panj., and &*t*j& div-jdma, Mod. Pers. (a yellow screen or 

 dress used in stalking) : vide Stalking-horse). 



Degouted, (spotted), [Bot and a spare hawke be so Ermyned 

 uppon the brayles. or a Musket, oder ye shall say she is 

 Degouted to the uttermost brayle. and much it betokynis 

 hardenes.— Soke of St. A., p. 14]. 



Deplume, vide Plume. 



