A History of Agriculture in India v2.c69.s4.3

v2.c69.s4.3

'The parrot is another. This also is in Bajaur and countries lower down. It comes into Ningnahar and Lamghanat in the heats when mulberries ripen; it is not there at other times. It is of many, many kinds. One sort is that which people carry into those (Tramontana) countries. They make it speak words... Another sort is smaller; this also they make FIG. 29. A hunter netting birds. In the foreground are sarus cranes, pelicans and wild ducks. To the left a pair of hoopoes. In the net a falcon. From the *Babur-nama*. Mughal, 1597.