The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . ven the motion of throwing,seemingly considering their duties those of warning, notof defence. Of flying things Morocco has good store,* not a few being birds of prey : the golden and Bonellis eagles (okab or nisr), the griffon-vulture, the Egyptian vulture Birds of r>cy. ^^.^1^^^^^^ ^j^^ osprey (bu hoot- father of fish), the sparrow-hawk (bu amseerah), the hen-harrier(bu hseen), the marsh-harrier (hadi), the peregrine falcon(nbli or tair el horr—the free bird), the kestrel (baz),the kite, the raven (ghurab) and the carrion-crow (sar-roo)
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . ven the motion of throwing,seemingly considering their duties those of warning, notof defence. Of flying things Morocco has good store,* not a few being birds of prey : the golden and Bonellis eagles (okab or nisr), the griffon-vulture, the Egyptian vulture Birds of r>cy. ^^.^1^^^^^^ ^j^^ osprey (bu hoot- father of fish), the sparrow-hawk (bu amseerah), the hen-harrier(bu hseen), the marsh-harrier (hadi), the peregrine falcon(nbli or tair el horr—the free bird), the kestrel (baz),the kite, the raven (ghurab) and the carrion-crow (sar-roo). In the South many of the governors hunt with * Yox a more compleie list with Latin names, see Irby, Ornithology of titeStraits of Gibraltar. Mr. C. A. Payton has ready for press a work onBirds of Southern Morocco, also with Latin names for 242 varieties. Iam indebted to him for a kind revision of this superficial native names here given are chiefly those of Northern Morocco. RoHLFS, p. 348, and Harkis. * Knights Encyclopaedia. 1. i HAWKiNG IN MOROCCO. Drawn f>v A. Colon Woothille 70 ANIMAL LIFE hawks and falcons, and birds for that purpose are some-times imported, although at one time counted amongMoorish exports. Sir John Hay records that when theeast winds commence in March, hundreds of falcons,eagles, hawks, kestrels, kites and buzzards cross thestraits from the Marshan near Tangier, flying against thewind. ^ Among less formidable birds, though larger, must be named the stork (bilarj), which holds a special place. ^ , On roofs of houses, on cottage thatch, on Storks. ruins and mosque-towers, the storks collect the rude assemblage of sticks which form their nest, adding certainly a picturesque effect, though from their noisiness not pleasant neighbours. As a slayer of serpents the stork is held sacred, and if he fails to return any year to his accustomed haunt, some evil is feared. From his coign of vantage he can look down into the womens quarters, so
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