Report on the land revenue settlement of the muzaffargarh district of the punjab

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2Vulture ete

3Pharaoh’s chicken

4Blue jay eee

5Magpie nee

6Striated Bush Babbler

7Bengal Babbler

8Parrot.

9Butcher-bird or shrike

10King crow see

11Swallow ce

12Kingfisher...

13Egrets and paddy-birds_...

14Coot wie

15The Blue Coot ...

16Indian Oriole ...

17Avadavats = ee

18Spoonbill 4... See

19Heron er Mie

20Raven ase ane

21Owls, owlets, and goat-

22suckers os. eee

23The other Raptores are—

24Kural ose

25Gijh.

26Sunda.

27Chanh. Its flesh is good for colds.

28To hear or see a blue jay is a

29bad omen.

30Mahtab.

31Herha.

32Dad herha.

33Malhalé. Both the grey-backed

34and red-backed specics are

35found. To see a butcher-bird

36fly is a good omen.

37K4l karachf. This bird is vene-

38rated by Muhammadans because

39it brought water to Imam

40Hussain when he was martyred,

41and also on account of its habits

42of eaily rising.

43Abéabil.

44Tobé literally “diver” and

45mamola,

46Bagla and bag. The young are

47eaten and considered fattcning,

48Ari.

49Kuang—Water rail is khanauti,

50Haridwal.

51Lali and shérak lali. The last

52name literally means Iali

53weighing a chittak.

54Doi bag. Literally spoon heron,

55San,

56Dodar kan and ruhela k4n,

57Ghugh, uli, chebri, and huk.,

58Owls and goat-suckers are birds

59of bad omen. The owl called

60ghugh is called the kiraké

61shinh or Kirér’s tiger, onaccount

62of the superstitious dread in

63which Kirérs hold it,

64A large hawk found near water,

65It lives on fish and wild fowl,

66D

Report on the land revenue settlement of the muzaffargarh district of the punjab, p. 134 · Lahore Durbar Foundation