The Memoirs of Bābur 932.9.8

932.9.8

The _lūja_[1781] is another. This bird they call (Ar.) _bū-qalamūn_ (chameleon) because, between head and tail, it has five or six changing colours, resplendent (_barrāq_) like a pigeon's throat. [Sidenote: Fol. 279.] It is about as large as the _kabg-i-darī_[1782] and seems to be the _kabg-i-darī_ of Hindūstān. As the _kabg-i-darī_ moves (_yūrūr_) on the heads (_kulah_) of mountains, so does this. It is in the Nijr-aū mountains of the countries of Kābul, and in the mountains lower down but it is not found higher up. People tell this wonderful thing about it:—When the birds, at the onset of winter, descend to the hill-skirts, if they come over a vineyard, they can fly no further and are taken. God knows the truth! The flesh of this bird is very savoury.