286 POLYGLOT LIST OF BIRDS- 



123. Sulaimanlik Murgh. c ^ ^^) ,jUJL> 



A species of Pheasant (?). 

 Manchu: Horki. 

 Chinese : Tzu chih. 



The "Mirror" says: It is like the fa ulhoma (No. 132). A very large grey-coloured bird. 

 Tail long. It is found in cold places. It has down on the legs. 



The Turki name means Solomon's Fowl. The name looks genuine enough, but 

 I have not been able to trace it. 



Murgh-i-Sulaiman is one of the many Persian names for the hud-hud or hoopoe, but 

 this bird cannot be here intended. 



124. Sarghij Murgh. ?^c ^=)L 



A species of Pheasant (?). 

 Manchu: Niyekserhen. 

 Chinese : T'ien tung cm. 



The "Mirror" says: This bird is found in the Province of Fu-Kien. Head yellow ; breast 

 black ; wings bordered with yellow. Lives on fish and shell-fish. 



125. Miyana Murgh. iyo juLo 



A kind of Chicore. 

 ? Caccabis chukor. 

 Manchu: Itu. 



Chinese : Pan ch'ih [lit. half- winged]. 

 The " Mirror " says : It is like a pheasant (ulhoma), but smaller. Its tail is short. 



126 Keklik. I SJ& 



The Chicore. 



Caccabis pallescens (Hume). 



Manchu: Engge fulgiyan itu. 



Chinese : Shih cm. 

 The "Mirror" says: In nature it is like the coko (fowl); beak red; legs short and red. 

 Its body is the colour of natural woollen stuffs (funiyesun). 



127. Cil Murgh. £ yc J** 



A Bamboo-Partridge. 

 Bambusicola sonorivox. 

 Manchu: Cuse moo-i itu. 

 Chinese : Chu cm. 



The " Mirror" says : In nature it is like the coko (fowl). Its body is the colour of natural 

 woollen stuffs (funiyesun), and is speckled all over. It is fond of screeching and fighting. It lives 

 in bamboo forests. 



Some dictionaries say that the Chinese chu-chi = a snipe. 



