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in India. Alphanet is said to be a name for the Tuni- 

 sian Lanner l ] : j*Ji al-hurr, Ar. MS. 

 Lantimer, [Young hawks caught wild before Lent. — Stone- 

 henge's British Rural Sports]. Vide cgW nau-rozi, under 



** 



Hawk. 



Lapwing, [A dessert of Lapwyngs : vide Plover and Congre- 

 gation]. 



Large, vide ■ Big' and ' Fleshy. 5 



Lark, ^t aggin,' 1 Hindu., (the Singing Bush-lark): <j?jt£> bageri 

 (the Short-toed, or Social Lark, the ortolan of Calcutta): 

 ;j*x^ chandur, Hind, and Panj. (the Large-Crested Lark) ; 

 Jj^j bodal, lit. , ' ' crested ' ' (ditto in Chach Hazara) : 

 ^5^1^ kdkuli, Mod. Pers. (the Crested Lark, Alanda cristata) : 

 tj^xS qumbarah, Ar. (the same species): kty$ qdzlagh, T. and 

 P. (the same species ?). Vide Exalting. 



Leash or Lease, )j'S dor, Panj. , (also = c the price of the leash ' i.e., 

 the 'tip,' one rupee or more, usually given to a falconer 

 bringing a present of a hawk from his master): ofj;;^ 

 shikar-rawan , Ind. Pers. MS.: <uj J&> sfiikar-band, Mod. 



Pers. , vide also Jesses : ***j* marasah or ctyc mirsal, Ar . 



MS.: [" A lece of haukis of ye tour is iii "], c£t* ^ *** 

 si bahla qush, Mod. Pers. 



Leech, iJ^» jonk y Hindu., (vide alsoFillanders) : jifj zdlu, Mod. 



Pers. ; *%#& devcha, Ind. Pers. MS. : ^ ' alaq\ Ar. MS. 

 Le g> cs^ or b pa or pay, gen., Pers., (sp. the hind leg of a 



quadruped, the foreleg being called o*~^ dust; 'vide* 



Hand, and Foot). 

 Leopard, )«***> tendwa, Hind. ; J&Ij palang P.: vide Cheetah. 



Lice, &y+ jun, gen. : ,£)£ shipish or shupush, Mod. Pers. : J** 



gam/, Ar. ; *J~j rishk, Mod. Pers. (nits). 

 Lights, vide Lungs. 

 Lime, vide Bird-lime. 

 Lines, or lunes, or lewnes, or loynes, [probably a long cord used 



as a leash (instead of a long strap), the »Z dor of the 



l Ther is a Laaare and a Lanrett. And theys belong to a Squyer 

 Boke of St. Albans, p. 53. 



The falconers of the Shaykh of Bi^ rah. in Algeria, knew no other 

 name for the Lanner than At r tayr 4 the Bird.* 1 



* This lark sings on ihe wing as well as on the ground. 



