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14 Sarighis Uqar. JSj\ ^J^zj^ 



The Yellowish Heron (or Ibis). 

 Manchu : Suwayan yadana. 

 Chinese : Huang ku. 



According to the " Mirror " this is a sacred bird 



15. Ular [or Aular]. y£| 



A species of stork. 



? Ciconia boy ci ana. 



This word is sometimes transcribed aular, but B. M. II states that ular is the 

 correct pronunciation. 



Manchu : Weij un [Z. (i large, black stork "]. 



Chinese : Kuan [G. The common stork, Ciconia alba : heron or cranej. 



The ular mentioned by Scully " Stray Feathers," 816 and 816 bis, must be quite 

 distinct. According to him, this name is given to two species of snow-cocks or 

 snow-pheasants, viz., Tetraogallus himalayensis and Tetraogallus tibetanus. It is, 

 however, curious to note that Hume and Henderson, p. 282, give the name of the 

 latter bird as utar. But this is no doubt a misprint, for in the short list of birds 

 given in the Report of Yarkand Expedition (1873), p. 70, ular is given as the name 

 for the snow-pheasant. 



B. M. II translates ular by Pers. ^j iy> *it»^«, mihmana murgh-i-zarrin, which I 

 have not been able to trace. An interesting note on (( ullar ' ' will be found in Marco 

 Polo, Vol. I, p. 298. 



The "Mirror" says: It is like the yadana (No. 13) in nature, but has no red markings on 

 the head. The wings and tail are blue-black, and the body white. 



Swinhoe (Proc. Zool. Soc., May 1873, p. 12) says : "The existence of any stork in China is 

 very doubtful" : but it has now been proved that a stork called C. boyciana (very like C. alba) 

 and another called C. nigra both occur in China. 



16. Ta'us. ^Lt 



The Peacock. 



Manchu: Tojin. 



Chinese : K'ung Ch'iao [G. The Malayan peacock, Pavo muticus]. 



This peacock is the badge of rank of Criminal Judges in China. 



17. Germa Ta'us. -j(Je j**S 



A tail-spreading peacock. 



Manchu: Huweijehengge tojin. 



Chinese : K'ai p'ing k'ung ch'iao. 



The word i^J> is presumably to be read germa from the verb gerniek, <f to 

 spread out." 



The Manchu expression is derived from the word huweijehen, " a parasol " 



