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Flamingo, ^i* ^ bag-hans, Hindi. 



Flat-headed,^** ^-0} j\jSL 1 khwdrazaml sar, Ind. Pers. MS. : ** ;U 



also Snake-headed. 



headed) 



Flesh, Fleshy, <Jj«*U or V 1 ^ u*k°i masel or mas-wala, Panj., and 

 .J'U o-^y gusht-nak, Ind. Pers. MS., (full of flesh, well- 



furnished; compare with gaddawar, 'vide 9 Big). 

 Flick, to, 2 (to flutter out, fly off ; of quarry put in), o^fc lsj*»j* 

 ti*U? <J& <~ diisrt tara/ se nikal bhagna, Hindu. 



Flight, (flock), ["A flight of Doves.' ' The term c flight ' was 

 also used of swallows and goshawks. ] 



Flight, ML*. &£[* ^ tin hath chalana, Hindu., or &*#\jj c*«a <*~ 



si dast paranidan, Mod. Pers. (to give three flights) ; ^ ^ 

 ja-band 9 adj., Panj. and Ind. Pers. MS., (said of a bird that 

 has lost its powers of flight through confinement). 

 Flight-feathers, ^Sj> kirkit, Panj., and <jy>» or <j^y, Pers. and 

 Ar. MSS. (the first flight- feather, spec, of a goshawk, vide 

 Sercell) ; jj *U> shah-par (according to some pigeon- fanciers 



and some falconers the three first feathers only of the wing 

 are so called, but according to others the largest and 

 strongest feather in the wing ; according to others the 2nd, 

 3rd, 4th, and 5th are so called); <*£>j badga, Panj., (amongst 

 some falconers the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th feafchers) ; jj ;l> 

 ydr-par, Panj., (the 5th, 6th and 7th feathers of some ; the 

 8th, 9th, 10th of others; but by others again the wing 



feathers from the 10th onwards are so called) : &>^)b 

 bazkhana f Panj., (the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th feathers of 

 some); ^ or o^i naha or nihan, Panj., (the 7th flight- 

 feather) ; t£f*ftS qainchiy Panj., (the longest flight-feathers, 

 one on each side, so called from their ■ scissors appearance 

 when crossed, vide also Warbel) ; f&\jj&\ cd-qawadim, pi. of 



«W?, Ar. MS. 

 Ffcgkty, vjb yatva, s T. {lit., " wild ": in the Kapurthala Sfcate a 



term applied to the Shahins). 

 Flock, ctf gal or *i$ galla, Pers. ; vide also Crane. 



Vide w Qawanlnu ' s-Sayyad,' 

 This word occurs several times 

 Vide Ross's " Polvriot List of 



