Note 300 — Chapter XXVI · THE SHRIKE

This is Turkish, not Persian. Persian Turks call the shrike ālā güzina also. In Shaw’s Turki Vocabulary (Appendix by Scully), Lanius Homeyeri, the Grey Shrike, is said to be called ālā g͟hurālāi, and Lanius arenarius, the Desert Shrike, boz̤ g͟hurālāi. The word ālā in Turki means “variegated” or “spotted.” In Lahore to Yarkand (page 182) the Brown Shrike, Lanius Cristatus, is said to be called urulia in Turki.