TURKI, MANCHU AND CHINESE. 301 



The "Mirror" says: Resembles the Kekuhe (No. iq8). Head black, body green, breast 

 brown. Has downy feathers on the back-bone. 



198. Khupup. (*JJ^k 



The Hoopoe. 



Upttpa epops, Lin. 

 Manchu: Kekuhe. 

 Chinese : K'o ku. 

 The "Mirror" says: Resembles the Silmen (No. 77) (sparrow-hawk). Blackish colouration. 



199. Qara Kakkuk. vi^fex ly 



The Black Cuckoo. 



Cuculus canorus [B. S. 253]. 

 Manchu: Sahaliyan kekuhe. 

 Chinese : Hei ch'iu. 

 The "Mirror" says: Head and breast blackish; tail and wings white; legs short; on the 

 foot of the male there are two toes in front. 



200. Torolgha. tyJ 



Turtle-dove. 



Turtur auritus [B. S. 270]. 

 Manchu: Saksari kekuhe. 

 Chinese : Ch'iao ch'iu. 

 The " Mirror " says : This dove resembles the mountain magpie (No. 183) but is smaller. 



201. Pakhmayghan Pakhtak. ^S^Lli .UjU^wU 



A species of dove. 



Manchu: Kekutu. 



Chinese : Tz'u mao ying. [Wrongly read in Index as i,a mao ying.] 



The " Mirror " says : In form like the kekuhe (No. 198), wings and tail black. The rest of 

 the plumage coffee-brown, streaked in lines. 



Scully says Pakhtak is the Turki name for the Turtur stoliczkce. 

 I have not been able to trace the epithet pakhmayghan. 



GROUP X. 



202. Bulntdi Janwar. jU5U _». d>*L 



" The Cloud Bird." Possibly a species of lark, e.g., Alauda arvensis. 

 Manchu: Tugitu. 

 Chinese : P'ing hsiao. 

 The "Mirror" says: This bird is found in the wild districts of Tsang-yu. In nature it 

 resembles the sparrow. It makes its nest in sand dunes. 



Turki: Buhd = a cloud. Manchu: rw^'=acloud. Chinese: Hsiao = the sky. 



