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APPENDIX II. 
List of Birds. 
The poet also gives (stanza 29) a long- list of birds. Unfortu- 
nately I know even less about them than I do about botany. I accord- 
ingly applied to an acknowledged authority, Dr. Scully. The following is 
condensed from the information which he very kindly gave me, tog-ether 
with what I have been able to make out from inquiries from natives. 
Bdga, the Indian Crow, Corvus splendens, Viellot. 
Kdila, the Indian Cuckoo, Budynamys honorata, L. According 
to the poet, its cry is ‘ kuTiu, Tculm.’ 
Guduru. An Urdu glossary translates this by podana, the Smaller 
Skulking Warbler, which Forbes says is Sylvia olivacea. Its cry is ‘ tulii, 
tuht.’ 
Papiha. Dictionaries call this the Sparrow-hawk, which is wrong. 
It is the Hawk-cuckoo, Hieroccyx varius, Yahl. It is a true cuckoo and 
not related to the sparrow-hawk. The poet says its cry is ‘ piu, piu ’ 
(beloved, beloved). The oi-dinary native tradition is, that it says ‘pi 
kahd ’ (where is my love ?) It is the ‘ Brain-fever Bird ’ of Anglo-Indians. 
Parewd, the Blue Rock Pigeon, Golumba intermedia, Strickland. 
Pdndulci, a sort of family name for many species of doves. Wo 
may perhaps consider that the particular species intended is the Indian 
turtle dove, Turtur meena, Sykes. Its cry is ‘ a single tuhV 
BhTgardja, or Bhimaraja. The dictionaries wrongly call it a Shrike. 
It is the Racket-tailed Drongo, Bissemttrus paradiseus, L. Sanskrit 
Bhriyga-raja. It is a sort of King-crow. As the poet says, ‘ It speaks 
many languages.’ It is an excellent talker. 
Mahari, not identified. Its cry is dahi, dalii. 
Mora, the peacock, Pavo cristatus, L. 
Sard, not identified. Forbes gives sard, a kind of bird, a species of 
black-bird. In the poem it is coupled with the sua or parroquet. The 
cry of both is said to be raha-caha, which seems to mean twittering. 
Sua, see sard. It is a Parrot or Parroquet. Dr. Scully says, ‘ In 
the absence of evidence tending to fix the particular species, we may 
take the commonest species, viz., the rose-ringed parroquet, Paloeornis 
torquatus, Bodd.’ 
Barewa, a v. 1. for parewd, above, the Gold-fronted Green Bulbul, 
Phyllomis aurifrons, Temm. It is a well-known cage-bird and a beautiful 
songster. 
Barila, the green pigeon, Grocopus phoenicopterns, Latham. 
