[257] A lure made of pigeons’ wings is not very durable.
[258] The lark at the end of the stick will be in the air the whole time, and the merlin, though raw, will not therefore sit on the ground.
[259] Baʿd az burdan-i gūsht. A merlin will eat in a day, two sparrows or larks.
[260] Kākulī-yi mīk͟h-band.
[261] Har du rā juft bi-yandāz.
[262] In the Dera Ismail Khan district, in the Panjab, the common desert lark called chandūr used to be snared in this fashion, the wand used being a stalk of the grass called kānā.
[263] Ḥalqa-yi mū-yi dum-i asp.
[264] The surface of the desert ground would be whitish in colouration.
[265] Not clear whether the author means that it is the larks or the hawks that will not ring up, or both.
[266] Kabk, the Red-legged Partridge of India: tīhū, the Seesee of India.