260 POLYGLOT LIST OF BIRDS— 



11. Kifcik Turna. 6y j^i*^ 



The Iyesser Crane. 

 Anthropoides virgo. 

 Manchu : Ajige Korean. 

 Chinese : Hsiao hui hao. 



According to the Chinese this crane is a small variety of No. 10. 



The " Mirror " says : Its colouration is grey, neck black, beak long, and in the corner of 

 each eye there are white feathers which seem to protrude from the nape of the neck. The length 

 of the body is one foot, five or six inches. 



This may be the fourth of Marco Polo's five cranes (see Chap, lx) : "a small kind, having at the ears beautiful 

 pendent feathers of red and black." (The colour of the pendants varies in the texts). See note, Vol I, p. 297, of Yule, 

 3rd ed.). 



There seems to be but slight difference between Nos. 9, 10 and 11. One of them probably stands for the Demoiselle 

 Crane, Grus virgo. 



12. Kok Laglag. cJj^J eJ^ 



The Blue Stork. 

 Manchu: L,amur£an. 

 Chinese : Lan. 



The laglag (alias laqlaq, laklak or lailak) is known as " Hajji L/aglag " among 

 the Persians, who say that it makes the pilgrimage to Mekka during its annual winter 

 absence ; hence the title hajji. 



The " Mirror " says : It somewhat resembles the bulehen (No. 7), its colouration is grey; it 

 stands three feet in height, and has a long neck. When kept in private gardens, if it sees 

 anyone in brightly-coloured clothes, it cries out, jumps about, pursues and pecks him. 



The Chinese lan means " blue," and standing alone this character does not mean 

 a bird (in the dictionaries I have consulted). Possibly the word hao is to be supplied. 

 But such omissions are not common in the " Mirror" ; compare, however No. 137. 



13. Uqar or Auqar. JSj) 



A stork or heron. 



Both pronunciations seem common. It is also spelt p-c, as if it were an Arabic 

 word. 



Manchu: Yadana [Z. white ibis]. 



Chinese : Ku [G. snow-goose, Anser hyferboreus]. 



Scully, " Stray Feathers " (923), says: This is the Turki name for the Ardea cinerea or grey 

 heron. 



In Klaproth's Uighur vocabulary we find ukhar = the stork. 

 Scully (S. F. 925) gives aq uqar, " Herodias alba." 



The "Mirror" says: It is a water-bird, larger than the wild-goose; its plumage is a 

 brilliant white ; it soars very high. When settled, it looks thin and spare [doci ganggahon ilambi\\ 

 its stride is wide. 



The presence of the Chinese ku in this place is very remarkable. 



