302 POLYGLOT LIST OP BIRDS— 



203. Azcaq. ,jLVl 



"The Strayed Bird" [" Uoiseau egare "]. 



Manchu: Sajingga gasha [lit. the edict-giving bird]. 



Chinese : Fo niao [lit. The Buddha Bird]. 



The " Mirror" says: Head, beak, neck and back all black. Round the wings is a coffee- 

 brown border. When it sings the words mi t'u are heard. 



For mi t'u, we may possibly read the characters 7,835 and 12,106 in Giles, which 

 would mean " to have lost the road." 



In support of this interpretation we have the Turki word dzmaq, "to lose the 

 way." 



204. Toyton. ^y^y 



The "Toyton" Bird. 



A species of cuckoo. 



Manchu: To it on. 



Chinese : Pu KU niao [Giles, Cuculus canorus]. 



The " Mirror " says : Found in mountain woods. It sings at night, and its cry sounds like 

 the word " Toiton." 



Zakharoff adds : This bird is such an assiduous hunter that the word toiton is metaphorically 

 applied to man in the sense of shrewd, adroit, cunning, etc. 



The Turki name is merely a transcription of the onomatopseic Manchu name. 



205. Kakkuk Janwar. ;LiU _j3UY 



A kind of cuckoo. 



Manchu : Gugun gasha. 



Chinese: Kuo kung niao [" Royal Duke Bird "]. 



The "Mirror" says: Found in the mountain caves in the Fu-kien province. Head shiny 

 black, green feathers on the wings, tail bluish, breast and feet red. 



206. Hur Pigan. .JgJ ),&> 



Manchu : C u 11 g g a i [Z. Russian Kulik = woodcock]. 

 Chinese : Shui hua kuan. 



The " Mirror " says : Neck red, beak black, on the head long feathers, like a crest. When 

 it sees men it cries out, and the feathers on its head bristle up. The feet, resemble those of a fowl. 



207. Kokca Janwar. ;lyU> ^ciy 



The Blue Crow. 



Coracias garrula. 



Manchu: Niowargi gasha [Z. Coracias garrula]. 



Chinese : Ts'ui yun niao. 

 The " Mirror " says : Head and beak red ; body all green ; handsome shining green plumage. 

 See also No. 192. 



