280 POLYGLOT LIST OF BIRDS— 



96. Ayagh-siz. u*o eb| 



The Night- jar or Goat-sucker. 



Caprimulgus arenicolor (Scully, S. F., 112 A). 



Manchu : Yabsaho. 



Chinese : Ch'ih hsiao [Giles, the eared-owl]. 



The " Mirror" merely says : This bird resembles No. 95. 



Gabelentz says yabsaho is a bird resembling the cuckoo. Zakharoff and Amyot 

 have omitted this word. 



The Turki name means literally Cf the footless one." 



97. Sarigh Qus. jfcjs ^yu 



? The Scops Owl. 



Scops giu. 

 Manchu: Humse. 



Chinese : Shu mao ERH [lit. the tree-cat]. 

 The " Mirror" saj^s : This bird is like the ancun gowdra (No. 91) but much smaller. 



Now the Turki name for No. 91 is bay qus, which 1 am inclined to identify with 

 Asio otus. D. de Rhins, in his short list of birds, mentions one called bay oghli = 

 Scops giu. Bay oghli means literally the rich man's or nobleman's son. And seeing 

 that the bird here called sarigh qus is said to be like the Bay qus, but much smaller, 

 it is quite possible that in some localities it may have received the name bay oghli on 

 account of this resemblance. 



The same name is applied to a crane, see No. 39. 



98. Leken Tukhosi. ^^i^J S.) 



A gull or petrel. 

 Manchu: Suwan. 

 Chinese : L,u ssu. 



The "Mirror" says: It has a black body and a hooked beak. It is bigger than a crow 

 (ga/ia), and catches fish. 



99. Baliqci. ^^ ^.Jb 



? The Tern. 

 Sterna hirundo. 



Manchu: Suksuhu (Zakh., Sterna hirundo). 

 Chinese : Yti ying [lit. fish-falcon] (Giles, Sterna hirundo). 

 The "Mirror" says: Colouration yellow, wings long, tail short, neck thick. It catches fish. 



Scully apud Shaw says that the name baliqci (or fisherman) is applied both to 

 Sterna fluviatilis and to Sterna minuta. 



The Sangldkh translates baliqcin by the Persian ;LJy (bu-timdr) = a heron. 



In view of the probable identification of No. 100, it seems quite possible that the 

 Osprey or fish-eagle, Pandion Jieliaetus, Iyinn., is here intended. 



