278 POLYGLOT LIST OF BIRDS- 



GROUP V. 



89. Selkes. ^CL 



A hybrid falcon. 



Manchu : Kiyakoha. 



Chinese : P'iao ying [lit. a moulting falcon]. 



The description in the " Mirror" is lengthy and curious; I therefore give the 

 original. 



Kiyakoha amu hacin jaka damin giyahon silmen hiyan silmen-i jergi jaka de gemu 

 bi tuibulaci morin-i adali imu de juni jaka gowa jaka de acafi banjihangge be kiyakoha 

 sembi ) umesi aldasi bude fusihon jaka. 



Amyot (Vol. Ill, p. 54, sub-voce kiakouha) gives the following definition which 

 represents very fairly the meaning of the above : — 



"Nom d'une espece d'oiseau de proie qui s'accouple indifreremment avec les 

 " oiseaux d'autres especes ; c'est pourquoi leurs petits, tantot d'une espece, et tantot 

 " d'une autre, sont des oiseaux inutiles, qui ressemblent au mulet dans leur genre." 



90. Jaghalmay ^(JU^ 



The Hobby. 



Falco stibbuteo (Scully, S. F., No. 13). 



Manchu : K e i k u h e n. 



Chinese : Hsia mo ying. 



Scully gives the form jaghalbay. 



91. Bay Qus. ^ty ^b 



? The Snowy Owl. 



Nyctea nivea (Scully, S. F., 68 bis) more probably here Asio otus. 



Manchu: Ancun go war a. 



Chinese : Hen hit. 



The "Mirror" says : This bird has a large body. Its plumage is yellow, with black 

 markings. It has large eyes, and on its head are feathers which look like lynx's ears. 



The above description does not at all fit the Snowy Owl, but would do for the 

 Eagle Owl, Bubo ignavus, or the long-eared owl, Asio otus. 



B. M. Or. 1912 merely translates bay qus by bum. B. M. Or. 404 gives bay 

 ughli=^k^. j ( ._ r .;. According to Vambery bay here means "magic." The word may 

 also mean "rich," and Scully translates the name by " noble bird." D. de Rhins 

 gives bay ughli = Scops giu. See also No. 97 below. 



In Houtsma's L,ist bay qus is translated by the Arabic JUjoSJI, which is only an 

 orthographic variation of L^xoi), which Dozy gives as " chouette." 



