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Osprey, vJUS j^^ damirdizindk and cli^t yc^damirqayndgk, T., 



P. {lit. iron-clawed) : j^aJj ahquray' , Ar. MS. 

 Ost, (Host) [an Ost of sparowis]. 

 Ostringer, or Austringer, (keeper of goshawks and tiercels), 



f^ ty) C5^^ shikarchi-yi zard-chashm , Mod. Pers., w'de 

 Sperviter. 



r-hand, li^T or &<> C Ui? galiyake dend or khildnd (to cram 

 fowls or horses). 



Owl, 



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Uf mamara, gub 



or gurnard, Panj. (a name given to both the Indian Grass- 

 owl, Strix Candida , and the Short-eared owl, Otus brachyotus) : 



IjW gr*> swcA gurnard, Panj., "the white gurnard" (the 



Indian Grass-owl) : j£*hukku (in Dera Ghazi Khan the name 



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small owl): <***■ chucjhd, Panj., in Derajat *J**" shapdki, 

 and vulg. ^^ chapaki (the spotted owlet, Athene Brama, 

 vide Night-jar) : <*y 6ww, and colloquially ouj and ci>>, &*/ 

 and buf 9 Mod. Pers. (an owl) : djjj »& shah-buf, Mod. Pers. 

 (Eagle-owl): ^fj^* jjJb L ydpldq-i sahrati, Mod. Pers., (the 

 Short-eared Owl) : ^Lj Jjlb L yaplaq-i baghi, Mod. Pers. (&<. 

 the garden ydpldq, probably the Wood Owl) : »tj. ^jy* 

 'arus-i chdh Mod. Pers. (lit. "bride of the well," alight- 

 coloured species, said to prey on pigeons in mosques, etc.) : 

 *J*3* *^ or *>**• chughd or bdya-qush, Mod. Pers. (a small 



species, probably Athene Brama): ^vaT w^A f ^° murgk-i 

 shah dhang or <3^ c^= murgh-i haqq, Mod. Pers. (a small 

 species ; the male is said to be no larger than a lark ; prob. 

 Athene Pers tea). 



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chugh-sar, Hindu, (said of a hawk). 



Owl's-light, (the time just after sunset), \j&&i *t±«> munh 

 andhera, subs., Hindu, and Panj., (specially of morning 



time) : cuij iLL*^ jhutputa waqt, Hindu, (of evening only) : 



^fi^Q j d>JL oi* vaqtri gurg u mish, Mod. Pers. (lit. the time 

 of the wolf and lamb ; specially of morning twilight). 



