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



bad-furukh, Pushtu (for bad- 

 *?yJd dalija, Mod. Pers. ; sL^cjj^ &»V 

 siyah, Mod. Pers. (the " black-clawed, i.e., the Common Kes- 

 trel ; jAjLa^ijiAS <XxuJ,> dalija-yi ndkhun-i safid, the " white- 

 clawed," i.e., the Lesser Kestrel) : o^.-y^ al-'uwaysiq Ar. 

 MS. 



Key or Clofer, vide Sengle. 



King-crow or Drongo -shrike, ^y J(£ kaUkirich or u*^}? J^ kal 

 kirichhi, Panj.; ^^-^^ kalkolachi, Hindi (ditto) ; a^K kath 

 (in Chachh-Hazara) : 4&$" buchanga, Hindu. ; twfe Drongo- 

 shrike. 



Kirnells, (or swellings near the eyes ; contain small white * kir- 



V 



Panj. and Ind. Pers. MSS. 

 accompanied by swelling). 



Kistress, [a kestrel. — Halliwell quoting Blome. According to 



the former authority ' kress-hawk 5 is in Cornwall a 

 'hawk ']. 



Kite, 1 J*^ chil Hindu., and lU hil 9 Panj. and A*ii!f ganth, Kash- 

 miri (the Common Kite of India, Milvus Govinda): J* , *3"*i 



** 



qainchi hil, Panj. (a fork-tailed kite) and i> ^JU patan hil 9 

 Panj. (a square-tailed kite) ; the former is fancied to be 

 the more difficult quarry) : Jlj IS J^La. chllaq-i qapaq or 

 * l V i5V^ d^W chilaq-i qapaq-i kiitah, M.od. Pers. (the ' fork- 

 tailed ' kite ; the Common Kite of India ? vide also Harrier). 

 »f*xjf al-hida*ah Ar. MS.: d*^ ^^ bahmni chil, Hindi 

 (the Maroon-backed Kiteh 



L 



Lamb, vide Sheep and Fawn. 



Lammergeyer, ^U* or U* 2 huma or hunay, Mod. Pers.: Ji~Jf 



as-satal, pi. i^-Jf. as-sitlan, Ar. MS. 

 Lanner,* Lanneret, (male of Lanner), [TheLanneris not found 



ser vant 



1 Asman kl chtl, zarnln kl asll " the kite of the sky and the maid- 



mt ot the earth tare alike bad),' ' Hindu. Prov. (Afd is a free maid- 

 ant" AS nrkr*fvackrJ +rv 1rn*iv\A*\ T> io « «. T«J1«« MM *«*.__i.£ *:.*._ i.U«^4- ±J r. 



servant as opposed __,. ._ «.««*•« MjrB » wm , a U u«. ** ~ 



traveller comes across a kite with a white beak he will attain the object 

 of his journey. 



* Vide Journ. As Soc. Bengal, Vol. II. No 10, 1906. 



