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



hers, 1 jj par, Hindi, Pers., (also = a wing): y * mu, Ind. 

 Pers, MS. (small feathers, lit, 'hair'): jW^ jA5r, Pan j. (the 

 small feathers of the breast, back, and thighs): $£~ 

 shalwar, Panj., and Ind. Pers. MS. (the pendant feathers 

 of the thigh, vide Thigh) : \J&# paikan, Ind. Pers. MS. 

 (name of certain feathers; lit. 'arrow'): **$> nay fa, Ind. 

 Pers. MS. (the ■ bravles 5 a. v.: *uJ <•& dum-liza. Mod. Pers., 



& 



(the two or 



the three large feathers that are uppermost when the 

 wings are closed; noticeable in such species of bird as 

 the Common Crane and the Egyptian Vulture) : 1a *y^ jJ 



par-khurdahd , Mod. Pers. (small feathers): b^ surayya, Ar. 

 and Mod. Pers. (the few white spots on the back of a 



saker; lit. Pleiades); b^> JL* sdlim mrrayd, adj., Ar. and 

 Mod. Pers. (a saker is so styled when these spots are 

 absent): <3;j waraq, Ar. MS. (small feathers other than 

 tail- and wing-feathers) : ^j rish, Ar. : j±)£ kur-par, Ind. 

 Pers. MS., and Panj. (a diseased and stunted feather) : 

 ji c^t; 1 * bardni par (a mature small feather in the immature 

 plumage, i.e., one that has appeared in place of one uprooted 

 by accident) : <Jt\y jj par-tarash, adj., Ind. Pers. MS., 

 (said of a bird addicted to the vice of pulling out and 



eating its feathers): vide Flight-feathers, Plumage, Quills 

 and Tail. 



Fechen, [Stoat?]. 



Ferme, to, intr. [to strengthen, to harden; vide "Boke of St. 

 Albans," p. 28]. 



Fever, vide Phthisis. 



Field-hawk, [as opposed to a River-hawk]. 



Filanders, or fillenders, or fylaundres, (intestinal worms), 



jonk, Hindi (prop, a leech), and J&y* jonktl (small) ; **jS 



kirma jonki, Ind. Pers. MS. 



Flags, [The federis of the wynges next the body be calde the 



flagg or the flagg-federis. — Boke of St. Albans, p. 15. The 

 secondary or cubital feathers of the wing. — Harting. The 

 feathers in the wing next the principals. — Salvin, Brodrick, 

 Freeman] : vide Flight-feathers. 



plumage 



