TURgl, MANCHtJ AJJD CHINESE. 265 



32. Kok Baliq6i. ^(jjb viJ^ 



The Common Heron. 



Ardea melanocephala. 

 Manchu : L,amun hoohan. 

 Chinese: Ch'ing chuang [G. The common heron]. 

 The "Mirror" says: This heron has a black back. 



Scully, S. F., 986 and 988 gives baliqci as the local name of two kinds of tern, 

 Sterna fluviatilis and Sternula minuta. Baliqci means literally a fisherman. 



33. Ala Baliqci. ^. jJb H"\ 



? The Purple Heron. 

 Ardea purpurea. 



Manchu: KLuringge hoohan. 



Chinese: Hu pan ch'ung [lit. "tiger-marked reptile"]. 

 The " Mirror " says : This bird has red markings on the breast. 



34 Culluq. v^Jj^a. 



The young of the white heron (No. 31). 

 Manchu : Seyelhen. 

 Chinese : Pai ho tzu [G. white crane]. 

 The " Mirror" says : Seyelhen is the name given to the young of the white heron. 



Ciilloq is a name applied to various kinds of plover, see Scully, S. F., 844, 848. 

 In Ottoman Turkish it means a woodcock. 



35. Baliqfci Qus. jy ^ jJb 



? The Osprey or Sea-Eagle. 



Pandion haliaetus, I^inn. 



Manchu: Niyo-i hoohan [Z. the marsh falcon]. 



Chinese : Shui ying, lit. The water-falcon. 

 The "Mirror" says: This bird has claws like those of a falcon (giyahon No. 67) and it 

 frequents marshy land. 



Zakharoff adds : Hunters chase the female of this bird. 



36. Dughduri. l^jo*} 



? The Wild Swan. 

 Manchu : G a r u. 



Chinese : T'ien o [G. Wild swan]. 



The " Mirror " says : This bird resembles the domestic goose, and has brilliant white plumage. 



The Turki word is very like the common Indian name for the tukdar {;<&) Great 



Indian Bustard, Eupodotis edwardsii, Gray. Pavet de Courteille gives tughduy as the 



name for the bustard (outarde), while Shaw (Yarkand Mission, 1873) gives tughdarra 



as the name for the Hubara, see No. 40. 



