Note 552 — Chapter XXXVI · TRAINING THE “SHĀHĪN”[539]
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
Chug͟hd or bāya-qūsh, the species already mentioned in Chapter VIII as inhabiting ruins and being useful for a preliminary flight for a shāhīn that is to be entered to stone-plover. Panjabī falconers call the spotted owlet (Athene Brama) chug͟hd. This species is not uncommon in Persia, being often found in holes in garden walls. The flight is feeble and slow, and it is easily taken by any hawk. The flesh is palatable to hawks.