Bal-chatri: Difference between revisions

The bal-chatri originated in [[East India]] as a trap developed and used by [[falconry|falconers]] to catch suitable birds of prey to train for use in [[hunting]]. It consisted of a small, conical, cane [[cage (enclosure)|cage]], containing live lure birds to attract raptors, and covered with attached [[horsehair]] [[noose]]s to entangle their feet.<ref name=berger1959>{{cite journal|author1=Berger, Daniel D. |author2=Mueller, Helmut C. |name-list-style=amp |year=1959| title= The bal-chatri: a trap for the birds of prey| journal=Bird-Banding| volume=30|issue=1 | pages=18–26| url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/jfo/v030n01/p0018-p0026.pdf|doi=10.2307/4510726|jstor=4510726 }}</ref> The term ''bal-chatri'' ({{lang-hi|बाल छत्री}}) has been mistranslated as “boy’s umbrella”,<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Craighead, F. |author2=Craighead, J. |name-list-style=amp |year=1942| title= Life With An Indian Prince| journal=National Geographic| volume=81| issue=2| page=247}}</ref> or “small umbrella”,<ref name=mrw>{{cite book|author=Bildstein, Keith L. |year=2006| title=Migrating Raptors of the World: Their Ecology & Conservation|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-4179-0|page=49}}</ref> after their shape but is correctly translated to "hair umbrella" and refers to the nooses made of horse-hair anchored to the umbrella-like frame.<ref>{{cite journal|title=On the etymology of the name ''Bal-Chatri''|author=Clark, William S|pages=196–197|url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/jrr/v026n03/p00196-p00197.pdf|journal=Journal of Raptor Research|volume=26|issue=3|year=1992}}</ref> Bal-chatris continue to be used by falconers, but are also used in ornithological research projects which require the capture of raptors for [[bird ringing|banding]] and other procedures, such as [[venipuncture|blood sampling]].<ref name=berger1959/>