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



Seare, and Sere, vide Cere. 



Secondaries, vide Flight-feathers: ^ijiJf al-khawafi, Ar. MS. 



(the secondaries or tertaries ?). 



Secretary-Bird, c^t^ ^^ faras** sh- Shay tan, Ar. {lit., horse of 



Satan) : v*^t aJ-habib, Ar. (the friend). 

 Secretly toj<V bi-duzda and <*iJUo salaf Mod. Pers rfore^t^lc^j' 



vide (cast of). 



Sedge, at, [A corruption of " at siege" ; said of a heron when 

 at the water-side, in contradistinction to being " on 

 passage.' * — Harting]. 



Sedge, or Sege, (number) [A sedge of heronnys or of betouris. 



Boke of St. Albans, p. 81]. 



Seel, to, (or Ensile) U^* a$£f ankh sma, Hindu. ; c^jj> ^ 



chashm dukhtan, Mod. Pers. 



A 



Seeled, ^^ *«CiT ankh-sit, Panj. : a&j^ +2*^ chashm dukhta : 

 ^ 5)1? 6aZa 6w, adj., Mod. Pers. (able to see out of the tops 

 of the eyes, i.e., partially seeled). 



Selde, to, vide Seel. 



Sengles, or Sencles ; [the long sengles = the keys or closers q.v., 



and the pety sengles are th 

 most toes are called pounces]. 



inner 



Sercell, (the pinion-feather of other birds ; the feather last cast 



in the moult), *J*)f or Jfy ? Ind. MS.: cu*y kirkit or 

 kirkich, Panj. (properly of a goshawk only); vide Flight- 

 feather. 



Sere, and pi. Seris, vide Cere. 



Serpent-Eagle, &jX*uo majnun (in Chach Hazara). 



Serving a hawk, (driving out from cover, quarry that has ' put 

 in') &a d±* madad dena, Hindu, and Panj. 



Set, to, (make hungry) &$/ i^jf gurisna Jcardan; ' vide ' 



Sharp-set. 



Set down, to, (putting into the mew) U3l$l e^J^ kurizmeh 



bithldna, Hindu. ; e*^ *jUji> )* dar tulak bastan. 



Set on, to, e»3 cs 4, J ^^° ffih* r & ^V zadan (to set on a dog). 

 Sew, to, the beak, vide Feake. 



Shaft, (of feather), ^15 qalam, Mod. Pers., (opp. to j£jj rlsha 



web) : t^flfg Quills. 



Shahin, ^aU shahm and ^y kohl, Hindu, and Panj. (the 

 female of F. Peregrinator, Bahylonicus , Atriceps etc.) : 



