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Mummy, vide Momey. 



Munia, lsJ'H pidfi (the Plain Brown Munia, Munia malabarica). 



Murmuration, [a Murmuracion of stares. — Soke of St Albans, 

 p. 82]. 



Musket, (male sparrow-hawk) oi^lj bashin, Hindu, and Ind. 

 Pers. MSS. : u*ji %j*> or &*>Ij x^ jurra-yi qirghi or jurra-yi 

 bdsha, T.,P." 



Mustard e^^- sarson: \y^ |jJ3 tdrdmira, (black mustard). 



Muster, (flock) [a mustre of Pecockys]. 



Mute, to, 1 (of long- winged hawks only ? vwfe Mitchell, p. 20) : 

 U^f cL^j &Jtf karna, Hindu, (of any birds) : lijl* Jkky paikhal 



mama, Hindu, (of hawks only): ooj jy£W chalquz zadan, 

 Mod. Pers. 



Mutes, (tftTfe also Excrement) : &uj 6Jf, pi. j^jXfe; biten, Pan 



and Hindu., (of any birds): Jl*tjj paikhal pi. <^l^ 



paikhalen, Hind., (of hawks only) : &** chata, Panj., (large 



mutes) : ^^ bandi or kjy nocha* Panj., (small mutes) : 



C)& zaraq, Ar. MS. (of all birds) : Jl*uu **& ganda paikhal, 



Ind. Pers. MS. (discoloured mutes) : vide Pannel. 



Mynah, vide Maina. 



N 



Narrel, or Narell = nostril, vide Nares. 



strils), ^U nas Panj.; tJli ndk Hindu.: oL*\j T*jy» 

 -i ndsan, Ind. Pers. MS. ; vide Button. 

 Neck, e)^ gardan 9 Hindu., Pers. : &&£ is^j* surahi-gardan, 



Ind. Pers. MS. (long-necked). 

 Nest, iUoj*f ghonsld, Hindu.: ^^ khontha (in Behar): AiUif 

 ashiyana and aJJf lana, Mod. Pers. and Panj. 



Nestling, vide Eyess. 



Net, JU> jal, Hindu, (any large net); <J^* jdU, Hindu, (any 

 small net ; also net- work) : JL paiti, Hindu, (for catching 

 birds in trees and hedges) : ;y tur, Mod. Pers. (any net) : 



vide Urines : JU aJb ^ do-palla jal, Panj. (a doubled or clap- 



1 .Mitchell in his Art and Practice of Hawking (p. 20), states that 

 •* mute " is proper for long-winged hawks only and "slice n for ** short 

 winged." 



4 Nuch-gaya in Derawal means i4 empty." 



