CHAPTER VITHE SERPENT EAGLE
Wenow 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 achark͟htrained to eagles.[80]It must be fed principally on snakes, as it will not thrive on any other food.
[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),videp. 32, note133, that even an experienced falconer might easily mistake the two. The author does not include this amongst theʿUqābor Eagles,videChapter XII.
[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),videp. 32, note133, that even an experienced falconer might easily mistake the two. The author does not include this amongst theʿUqābor Eagles,videChapter XII.
[80]For this poaching flight,videpages 113-114.
[80]For this poaching flight,videpages 113-114.