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Side by side with Gabelentz's "Weisser Sperber" or white sparrow-hawk, we 

 have in P. de Courteille's Dictionary Yurtji translated by " corneille." 



The Turki name yurtci (from yurt, a camp) was used to designate a man who went 

 ahead of an army and selected the next camping ground. The name as applied to an 

 owl may therefrom be connected with some superstition among the Turki-speaking 

 peoples. 



66. 



Piipeklik yurtci. ^^ lsj^j y^J i^Jiy 



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? A crested owl. 



Manchu : GunggulungeSe. 



Chinese : Chiao Ying [G. the harpy eagle]. 



GROUP IV. 



67. Qar6igha. Ua. te 



The Goshawk. 



Astur palumbarius [Scully S. F., 2i]. 



Manchu: Giyahon. 



Chinese: Ying. 



Scully gives a long description of this bird in " Stray Feathers," and says it is 

 commonly used for hawking in Kashgharia. 



Vambery says: Qarciga or qarcuga means " black-headed." 



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68. Sunggar. jS ^y^ 



A species of Gyr-falcon. 



Falco Gyr-falco. 



Manchu: Songkon. 



Chinese: Hai ch'ing, lit., " sea-blue." 



The "Mirror" says: The Songkon resembles the itulhen (No. 72) in nature. It is skilful 

 and rapid in flight. It captures swans and other birds of that kind. 



A Chinese-Persian Vocabulary in my possession (dated A.D. 1549) gives Shdh-bdz 

 as the translation of hai-ctiing. Shdh-bdz is the the Persian name for the crested 

 hawk-eagle, Limncetus cristatellus. 



Scully and others maintain that the Turki Sungqar or Sunghar is the Falco hen- 

 dersonii (Hume). But Col. Phillott assures me that the Sunggar of old MSS. is a 

 species of Gyr-falcon. See also No. 72. 



69. Aq Sunggar. ;U ^Si y t jl 



The White Falcon. 



Manchu: Sanyan songkon [Z. Greenland Falcon]. 



Chinese : Pai hai ch'ing. 



The "Mirror" says: This bird is bigger than the Songkon (No. 68). The feathers on its 

 breast are a brilliant white. 



