Part 1 — CHAPTER V THE SHIKRA
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
The Shikra[76] is said to be of stouter and finer appearance than either the Pīqū or the Sparrow-hawk and to be trained in India to take the pied crow.[77] It is rarely found in Persia. I have never come across it. God alone knows the facts of the case.[78]
FOOTNOTES:
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · The author, writing from hearsay, has imagined the Shikra (Astur badius) to be a separate species from the Pīqū. In India, shikras are flownNote 2 · Kulāg͟h-i ablaq; the Royston crow, the common crow of Persia, is a different species from the common crow of India. The Royston or Hooked CrNote 3 · Muhammadans frequently qualify their statements by some such expression, the inference being that men are prone to err and that exact knowle