CHAPTER VI

THE SERPENT EAGLE

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:

[79] _Sanj._ Perhaps the Common Serpent Eagle (_Circaëtus gallicus_). The author in two lines of imperfect description—omitted in the translation—also states that in size and appearance it so nearly resembles the buzzard (_sār_), _vide_ p. 32, note 133, that even an experienced falconer might easily mistake the two. The author does not include this amongst the _ʿUqāb_ or Eagles, _vide_ Chapter XII.

[80] For this poaching flight, _vide_ pages 113-114.