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Pastor, lu- ^.Jtf ^aftj tow, Hindu, (the Rose-coloured Star- 

 ling). 



Peacock, 1 ;_,* mor, m., and ^ij^o morm, f., Hindi ; ^Ik ta'us, 



Pers. ; wde also Muster. 

 Peck, to, vide Beak. 

 Peep, (flock), [ a Pepe of cbykennys]. 

 Pelt, (dead quarry), *i£f kushta, Panj., Pers. (also any dead bird 



used as a lure). [The dead body of any fowl howsoever 



dismembered . — Latham. ] 

 Pelfe, vide Pill. 



Pendant feathers, 15^ bahuta, Panj. ; jtjU shalwar, Panj. and 



MS. (vide Thigh). 



Penne, (a feather q. v.). 



Perch, cr C^ chakas, Pa 



padwaz or patwaz , I 



or jtjij 



or hawks, made of two uprights and a cross pole ; the Arabic 

 for this pattern is stated to be &*i±o) ; d&Ja, in two Ind. 

 Pers. MSS. ; <^*£<£o nishiman, Mod. Pers. (gen.) ; vide Mi- 

 gratory for addel :J 3 wakr, Bahrayn la.: ij±& , pi. >>U*\ kandar 

 rah, pi. kanddir, Ar. MS. : &#)U)j al-'drizah, Ar. MS. (prop, a 

 beam). 



Peregrine, 2 ^^eu &a/&r!, and incorrectly ^ 



female) ; 



w* 



V - 



iSJ 



Ga^n, and ^^l^ shdhin q. v., Mod. Pers. ; auaU shdhina 



Baghdad 



name is 



uv- 



Sengles. 



M^ l<W 



1 i(frt£ bandar tltar mor .\ Yih charon khett ke chor; saying : w The 

 black-buck, the monkey, the grey-partridge and the peacock. These are 

 the four that rob the crops." 



In Bengal the peacock is sacred as it is the vehicle of Kartlkiya, the 

 God of War. In Hindu poetry the keka cry of the peacock is an 

 accompaniment of rain. The ruling family of Morbhanj in Orissa sprang 

 from the egg of a pea-hen ; hence the name. The peacock calls both by 

 night and by day and to Indian ears its discordant bawl, associated no 

 doubt with cool days in the rains, is pleasing, just as to some English 

 ears the harsh cry of the jay is akin to music. 



* By old writers the term peregrine seems to have been restricted to 

 the passage-hawk or the haggard ; vide Gentle, and Fawken of the rock. 

 •• There is a Fawken peregrine and that is for an Hr\e/'—Boke of St. 

 A Ibans, p. 52. 



