Note 101 — Chapter VIII · OTHER SPECIES OF OWLS
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
In the Derajat this owlet, called there chhapākī, is a quarry for the shikra, and also for the common and the red-headed merlin. Its blood is supposed to be a cure for prickly heat, hence its local name. (Chhapākī is a corruption of shapākī, “prickly heat”.) In some parts of India it is used as a decoy for small birds.