270 POLYGLOT LIST OF BIRDS— 



A most vivid description of a stag-hunt with a bearcoote is given on pp. 492-494 

 of Atkinson's Oriental and Western Siberia (IyOndon 1858). Col. Delme Radcliffe in 

 his article on falconry in the 9th edition of the "Encyclopaedia Brittanica" says he 

 does not believe that the bird described by Atkinson and Scully is the Golden 

 Eagle. 



53 Caqir Borgut. ^yjy. y&*> 



A two-year old eagle. 

 Manchu: Saksaha damin. 

 Chinese: Chieh pai tiao. 



The "Mirror" says: A two-year old damin, whose wing feathers are blackish, but white 

 near the quill, is called Saksaha damin. 



Saksaha = a magpie. 



Chieh pai might mean "beginning to whiten." 



The Turki adjective caqir is translated in the dictionaries by "blue-eyed." I 

 remember hearing the term applied to a "wall-eyed" dog in Bokhara. It is very 

 likely connected with the Manchu word cikiri, which denotes a grey horse or dog, but 

 is rendered in Turki by ala in No. 56 and by capar in No. 70. 



54. Bederlik Borgut. ^J>jj>, e^;^ 



The Spotted Eagle. 

 Aquila clanga, Pall. 



Manchu : Kuri damin [= variegated eagle]. 

 Chinese : Hu pan tiao [ = tiger-striped eagle]. 

 The Turki word bederlik is not to be found in the dictionaries. It presumably 

 means spotted or striped, and may be borrowed from the Manchu word bederi = si 

 spot. 



The "Mirror" says: This is a full-grown (lit. fully aged) eagle, whose wing feathers are 

 striped like a tiger's skin. 



55. SarighiS Borgut. ^>j>W. ^J*" 



The Tawney Eagle. 



Aquila fulvescens. 

 Manchu: Kowa damin. 



Chinese : Huang pai tiao [lit. yellow- white eagle]. 

 The " Mirror " says : This eagle is pale-yellow (gelfiyen sohon) in colour. 



56. Ala Borgut. CLj^; S) 



? The Variegated Eagle. 

 Manchu: Cakiri damin. 



Chinese : Hua pai tiao [lit. variegated white eagle]. 

 The " Mirror " says : The colouring of this eagle is a mixture of black, white and crimson. 



