The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri

Part 1 — CHAPTER VI THE SERPENT EAGLE

D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation

We now come to the Serpent Eagle,[79] so well known to every fowler. Should one be desired as a pet, it can either be captured by any of the ordinary fowler’s devices, or else taken with a chark͟h trained to eagles.[80] It must be fed principally on snakes, as it will not thrive on any other food.

FOOTNOTES:

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Sanj. Perhaps the Common Serpent Eagle (Circaëtus gallicus). The author in two lines of imperfect description—omitted in the translation—als Note 2 · For this poaching flight, vide pages 113-114.