CHAPTER VI. The Serpent Eagle

THE SERPENT EAGLE

We now come to the Serpent Eagle, 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. It must be fed principally on snakes, as it will not thrive on any other food.

FOOTNOTES:

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.

For this poaching flight, vide pages 113-114.