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鵰鷲 (*diao jiu* [eagle and vulture]: for the first, *ding* + *yao* fanqie; in large seal script written as 雕; *Tale of King Mu*: "There are white horned owls and blue eagles, capturing dogs and sheep, eating swine and deer"; Guo Pu says: "The eagle today is also able to eat roe deer"; 鷲 is pronounced *jiu*; in Sanskrit it is called *gṛdhra*, or also said as *gṛdha*; *Shanhaijing*: "Mount Jing has many vulture birds"; *Shuowen jiezi*: "The vulture bird is black-colored and has many offspring"; Shi Kuang [says]: "In the south there is a bird called the *chaijiu*, with a yellow head and red throat, possessing all five colors"; the *Xiyu ji* says: "Its color is dusky yellow, and its eyes are red").

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