258 POLYGLOT LIST OF BIRDS— 



I 



PART I.— Large Birds. 



GROUP I. 



1. Qus. j&y 



This is a generic term for large birds in contradistinction to qucqac which is a 

 general name for smaller birds. 



The word qus is in this place a translation of the Manchu gasha, but in the title 

 of the section where the Manchu has likewise gasha, the Turki has janwar, ;lyl?-. 



The terms janwar and qus are thus, apparently, interchangeable. 



Manchu : Gasha. 

 Chinese : Niao. 



2. Sir Murgh. ?«o *~- 



The Male Phcenix. 



Manchu : G a r u d a i . 



Chinese : Feng. 

 The Turki Sir Murgh is obviously a corruption of the Persian Simurgh, i^*^. One 

 wonders how the " r " can have crept in. Klaproth, in his Uighurlist, gives the same 

 word in the form of simrukha. The Pehlevi form is senmurv, while in the Avesta it is 

 called saeno mergo. 



3. Mada Sir Murgh. ? ~© y>~> »oL> 



The Female Phcenix. 



Manchu: Gerudei. 



Chinese : Huang. 

 It is interesting to observe the introduction of the Manchu feminine principle of 

 vowel modification in the case of a loan-word like garudai, which is, of course, the 

 Sanskrit jh:^. 



4 Ucar Sir Murgh £ y> y.** ^L^l 



The Flying Phcenix. 

 Manchu : Garunggo. 

 Chinese : L,uan. 



5. Rukh. j-^j i written in the original z£j } which must, I think, be the copyist's 

 misreading of c;, i.e., the jaztn over the ghayn has been mistaken for a he.] 

 The famous Roc of Oriental fable and romance. 

 Manchu : Horongu Cecike. 





