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



Mod. Pers. and < ^i qircjhl, T., P. (ditto); ^U| al-bashiq, 

 Ar. MS. (ditto) ; ^5*^ al-'aqsl, Ar. MSS. (male sparrow 



hawk) ; *^> shikra (female) and «-£**> or &*. chipakh l (male), 

 Hindu, and Panj. (the Indian Sparrow-hawk Micrastur 

 badius):yixj ory*i pHqu or pighu, T., P., (ditto) : ^ mann, 

 A 1 *- (?) (by the Yemen Arabs in Haiderabad, Deccan) : I 



besra, female and J*y*z dhoti male, Hindu, {Accipiter vir- 

 gatus) : ' vide ' Goshawk. 



Sperviter, (keeper of sparrow-hawks and muskets : vide Boke of 

 St. A., p. 24), vide Ostringer. 



Spleen, ^ tilli, Hindu.: }j*» supurz, Ind. Pers. MS.; Jl^-k 



tuhal, Ar. 



Spoonbill, »)j *»♦*• chamcha buza, Hindu, and Panj. 

 Sportsman, vide Falconer and Bird-catcher. 



Spouting, (blowing water over; vide Latham B. I, Part II, 



Chapt. I., p. 1) : ^j? \)\y%± phu,ara karna, Panj. : l>y «-* 

 baf karna, vulg., Hindu. : &sj$ (*y *-S? <^^ ba-dahan-baf 

 narm kardan 9 Ind. Pers. MS. : ^ ut>y%* phu,l karna, Hindu, 

 (a cocking term). 



Sprain, J& ghatl> xyo moch f., «J^J lachak f. Hindu. : ^j 



o^ ***ji rag bi-rag shudan, Mod. Pers. 



Spring,* to, (flush the quarry) tr. and intr., vide Flush and 



View. 



Spring s., [A Sprynge of TelisJ. 



Stale, (a stuffed bird as a decoy), vide Decoy. 



Stalk, to, (an animal) &&jf *j&» slba kardan, Mod. Pers. and T. : 

 &dj? fe*> ^j$ gurg shikar kardan, Mod. Pers.: il ^»j l>j*V bi- 

 duzda raftan, Mod. Pers., vide Secretly. 



Stalke, ^ noli Panj.: <*^b pacha, Ind. Pers. MS.: J3qalam 9 



Mod. Pers. : ^m saq, Mod. Pers. (also leg). 



Stalking-horse, d# isfc** shikari bail, Panj. (a bullock trained 



for use as a stalking horse): ak;a darltah, Ar. (a camel or 

 any animal used for stalking). 

 Standing, (remaining in idleness at the block), £- ^^ baithl 



hai 9 Hindu. 



1 Indian poets and consequently lexicographers have incorrectly 

 9 chipak feminine. 



2 Can this terra have been confined to water-fowl ? 



