一切經音義 65.202

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翡翠（[夗-夕+月]畏反且醉反雄赤曰翡雌青曰翠出鬱林南方異物志云翡大於鷰小於烏𦝫身通黑唯匃[止/(利-禾+舟)]背上翼後有赤毛翠通身青黃唯六翮上毛長寸餘其飛即羽鳴翡翡翠翠因以名焉字指云南方取之因其生子漸下其巢須可取之皆取其羽也）。

翡翠 [fěicuì, kingfisher] (fanqie: [夗-夕+月] [yuàn] / 畏 [wèi]; 且 [qiě] / 醉 [zuì]. The male, which is red, is called fěi; the female, which is blue-green, is called cuì. It comes from Yulin. The Nanfang yiwu zhi says: 'The fěi is larger than a swallow and smaller than a crow; its waist and body are entirely black, with red feathers only on the breast, back, and behind the wings. The cuì is greenish-yellow throughout its entire body, with feathers over an inch long only on its primary wing feathers; when they fly, their wings cry fěi-fěi and cuì-cuì, and hence they are named after this.' The Zizhi says: 'In the south, people catch them by waiting until they hatch chicks and their nests gradually sag down, then catching them; they catch them all for their plumage').