Note 217 — THE LOVES OF AL-HAYFA AND YUSUF.[177]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The birds mentioned in the text are the “Kumrí” (turtle-dove), the “Shabaytar” [also called “Samaytar” and “Abu al-’Ayzar” = the father of the brisk one, a long-necked water bird of the heron kind.—St.], the Shuhrúr (in MS. Suhrúr) = a blackbird [the Christians in Syria call St. Paul “Shuhrúr al-Kanísah,” the blackbird of the Church, on account of his eloquence.—St.], the “Karawán,” crane or curlew (Charadrius ædicnemus) vol. vi. 1; the “Hazár,” nightingale or bird of a thousand songs, vol. v. 48; the “Hamám,” ruffed pigeon, culver, vol. v. 49; the “Katá,” or sandgrouse vols. i. 131, iv. 111, etc.; and the “Sammán” or quail, Suppl. vol. vi. 66.