 | 1841 - 638 pagine
...that the Hindoos attach superstitious ideas to it. Among the Mahommedans there is a prevalent notion, that when two armies are about to engage, the appearance...either party, prognosticates victory to that side ; thence its Arabic name of (jjjj .^ " These birds are among the first objects which attract the eye... | |
 | 1841 - 632 pagine
...that the Hindoos attach superstitious ideas to it. Among the Mahommedans there is a prevalent notion, that when two armies are about to engage, the appearance...either party, prognosticates victory to that side ; thence its Arabic name of (jjjj .^ C " These birds are among the first objects which attract the... | |
 | Zoological Society of London - 1854 - 442 pagine
...that the Hindoos attach superstitious ideas to it. Among the Mahommedans there is a prevalent notion that when two armies are about to engage, the appearance...either party prognosticates victory to that side." (Pearson.) 13. ATHENE RADIATA. Strix radiata, Tickell, JAS Beng. 1833, p. 572. Strix erythroptera,... | |
 | East India Company. Museum, Frederic Moore, Thomas Horsfield - 1858 - 816 pagine
...that the Hindoos attach superstitious ideas to it. Among the Mahomedans there is a prevalent notion that when two armies are about to engage, the appearance...either party, prognosticates victory to that side. It is, perhaps, possible that there may be something like migration in the habits of this bird. I have... | |
 | Thomas Claverhill Jerdon - 1862 - 610 pagine
...wild, squeal ; but it is not so noisy a bird as its more plebeian relation, the pariah-kite. It is, as is well known, sacred to Vishnu ; hence the name of...either party prognosticates victory to that side. H. leucosternus, Gould, from Australia, is very close to our Indian bird, and Milvus apJienurus, Vieillot,... | |
 | Elkanah Billings, Bernard James Harrington, James Thomas Donald - 1875 - 498 pagine
...by the Hindoos as sacred to Vishnu. Pearson says among the Mohammedans there is a prevalent notion that when two armies are about to engage the appearance...either party prognosticates victory to that side. Colonel Sykes, who has closely studied the habits of this species, denies that it ever lives on carrion,... | |
 | 1854 - 414 pagine
...that the Hindoos attach superstitious ideas to it. Among the Mahommedans there is a prevalent notion that when two armies are about to engage, the appearance...either party prognosticates victory to that side." (Pearson.) ULUNG of the Javanese (Horsf.). 13. ATHENE R ADI ATA. Strix radiata, Tickell, JAS Beng.... | |
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Mahommedans there is a prevalent notion, that when two armies are about to engage, the appearance of one of these birds over either party, prognosticates victory to that side... 