A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.247

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590 Cf. Su.Sū.46.105 (śarārīmukha); A.s.Sū.7.79 (śarārī). P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): *Rhynchops*, a skimmer bird. P.V. Sharma: skimmer bird. Gulabkunverba: skimmer or scissor-bill. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: skimmer. See on *Rhynchops albicollis* Swainson, the Indian skimmer or scissorbill: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 3, 75–76. The śarārī, being web-footed (jalapāda), should not be eaten by brāhmaṇas (see Kullūka ad *Manusmṛti* 5.13).