TTTRKI, MANCHU AND CHINESE. 275 



74. La6in. ^^i 



? TheShahin Falcon. 

 Falco peregrinator , Sundevall. 

 Manchu: Nacin. 

 Chinese : Ya hu. 

 Scully says : The latin is Falco barbarus, but Col. Phillott assures me it is the 

 Shahin of India. 



75. Turumtay La6in. ^^^Z (sic.) \jfc*j)J 



The Merlin Falcon. 

 Manchu: Indahon nacin. 

 Chinese : Ya hu to erh. 

 This may possibly be the Red-headed Merlin, Msa'on chicquera (see J.A.S.B., 

 Vol. Ill, No. 6, 1907) which in India is called " turumti." 



76. Turumtay. (sic) ^U» pjj 



The Merlin. 



Lithofalco cesalon (Scully, S. F., 15). 

 Manchu: Karanidun. 

 Chinese : To erh. 



The " Mirror " says : This bird has a large head but a small body. The apple of its eye is 

 black. It catches quails and such-like birds, and is very swift and cunning. 



77. Qirghuy. \^jaJt 



The common sparrow-hawk. 



Accipiter nisus. 



Manchu. Silmen. 



Chinese : Ch'iao ying [Giles, Milvus govinda]. 



The "Mirror" says: "Silmen" is the general name for birds which catch quails and the 

 like. 



Scully says (karghai) qarghay is the Turki name for the sparrow-hawk. I pre- 

 sume that the qirghuy of our list is only another form of the same word. 



If, as is quite possible, the name is derived from the verb qirnidq, to destroy, the 

 form qirghuy is the more accurate. 



Baber speaks of the qirghu in his ' ' Memoirs." 



78 Itka Qirghuy. lpj**£ &*} 



Another name for the sparrow-hawk. 

 Manchu: Ayan silmen (The white sparrow-hawk) 

 Chinese : Hsi hsitjng. 

 The " Mirror" says : This is the name of the male of the Morin silmen (No. 79). 



