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The other beasts familiar to the people were aṇil,[1] the squirrel, karaḍi,[2] the bear, kāṭṭā,[3] the wild cow, kīri,[4] the mongoose, kuraṅgu,[5] the monkey, nari,[6] the jakal, śennāi,[7] the wild dog, the nāy,[8] or the kōnāy,[9] the wolf, nīrnāy,[10] the beaver, nāvippiḷḷai,[11] the civet cat, muṭpaṇṛi,[12] the porcupine, maraimān,[13] the yak, muśu,[14] the ape, muyal,[15] the hare, yānai,[16] the elephant.
The chief house-pests were eli[17] the rat, kāreli,[18] the black rat, peruchchāḷi,[19] the bandicoot, mūnjūṛu,[20] the mouse and the ubiquitous mosquito, kośu,[21] which was such a great nuisance as to receive a dozen other names, aśaval,[22] añalam,[23] ulaṅgu,[24] śagal,[25] tummu,[26] tuḷịal,[27] nilambi,[28] nulumbu,[29] noḷḷal,[30] muñal,[31] valu,[32] añal;[33] ī,[34] the house-fly and andu,[35] insect found in stored grain. But the bed bug seems to be an import from abroad, for, it has but a kāraṇappeyar, i.e. mūttaippūcchi,[36] the bundle-insect.
Birds
There are many general names for birds paṛavai,[37] kuḍiñai,[38] kurugu,[39] puḷ;[40] their young ones, kuñju,[41] pārppu;[42] the cry of birds payir;[43] their nest, kaṭchi,[44] kuñjuṛai,[45] kuḍambai,[46] kurambai,[47] kūṇḍu.[48] A flock of birds was called thoḻudi,[49] the cries of a flock, tuḻani;[50] the beating of a birds' wings, ośanaittal,[51] puḍaittal;[52] female birds are called peḍai,[53] peṭṭai,[54] pēḍai;[55] the females of birds other than the gallinaceous fowl and the owl, āḷagu;[56] their males except in the case of the peafowl and the eḻāl,[57] śēval;[58] the cock of the peafowl and the eḻāl, pōttu.[59] The food of birds and of some animals irai,[60] uṇḍi,[61] uṛai,[62] ūṭṭi.[63]
The following are names of some species of birds:—anril,[64] nightingale, annam,[65] swan āndai,[66] large eyed owl, uḷḷān,[67] snipe, ūrkkuruvi,[68] sparrow, tūkkaṇāṅguruvi,[69] kavudāri,[70] partridge, kavudam,[71] king-fisher, kaḻugu,[72] eagle, kākkai,[73] crow, nīrkkākkai,[74] a diving water-bird, kāḍai,[75] quail, kiḷi,[76] parrot, kuyil,[77] cuckoo, kurugu,[78] village fowl, also kōḻi,[79] another variety, kūgai,[80] large hooting owl, kokku,[81] stork, śadagam,[82] sky-lark, śichchili,[83] kingfisher, sival,[84] pagaṇḍai[85], another species of partridge, sembōttu,[86] nārai,[87] heron, parundu,[88] kite, purā,[89] pigeon, mayil,[90] peafowl.
The love of nature and close observation of natural objects which was a great characteristic of the Tamils of ancient times are constantly revealed in early Tamil poems. On later Tamil Poetry the conventions of the later artificial Sanskrit Poetry wielded
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