276 POLYGLOT LIST OF BIRDS— 



The Chinese hsiung (G. No. 4699) is used to express the male of birds; hsi means 

 fine or delicate, and occurs in a name for Accipiter nisus given by Giles, hsi hsiung 

 (G. No. 4696). 



The Turki word itka is defined below : see No. 88. 



79. Buz Qirghuy. isj^yfi )j> 



Another name for the sparrow-hawk. 



Manchu: Morin silmen. 



Chinese : Yao tzu [Giles, sparrow-hawk]. 



The " Mirror" says: This bird is the female of the Ay an silmen (No. 78) : than which it 

 is somewhat larger. 



Col. Phillott informs me that buz and buzyur are terms applied to birds up to the 

 first moult ; the equivalent term in India is chuz. 



) } i read boz means " grey," and bozdaghan is the name of a grey falcon. B.M. I 

 gives tv&t) tlajjL. Jjl yj> iS jfi^-A d)y 



80. Jip Qirghuy. ^syyS 



Another name for the sparrow-hawk. 

 Manchu: Ajige hiyan silmen. 

 Chinese : Sung erh [G. a brown sparrow-hawk]. 

 The " Mirror " says : This is the male of the hiyan silmen (No. 81). 



81. Tis Qirghuy. Lf^=y <jkJ 



Another name for the sparrow-hawk. 

 Manchu: Hiyan silmen. 

 Chinese : Pai hsiung. 

 The female of the preceding bird (No. 80). 



82. Turi. ^ J 



Another name for the sparrow-hawk. 

 A term in falconry. 

 Manchu: Jafata. 

 Chinese : Ch'in huang. 

 The " Mirror " says : A silmen, when it first leaves the nest of its own accord, is called jafata. 



83. Tolek. U'Hj 



A term in falconry : " Intermewed." 

 Manchu: Huksen. 



Chinese : L/ung ying [lit. a trapped falcon]. 

 The "Mirror" says: " All eagles, falcons, etc., who have passed a year in the falconer's 

 house are called huksen. 



The corresponding Indian terms are ^Hi. khanagi, and yj <x.iU. khdna guriz. 

 B.M. I gives i_Cfy = wU.y. r s, that is, the "mews," and i_/Uy for fC intermewed." 



