3. The Birds

CR # (1688) The predators of birds are not edible like falcons and vultures and all that fly and keep their wings steady more often than flapping them. If both conditions are equal, according to a more clear reason the bird is edible, provided, one of the following signs also exists; otherwise, it is not good for food:

(a) It has gizzard.

(b) It has crow.

(c) Spur (of rooster) behind the feet.

The existence of one of these elements is enough for considering the bird good for food. If none of these exists, the bird is not good for food, if there is none of these but flapping is there, the latter is given priority and it is considered good for food. If there exists one of the above three elements but the bird flaps its wings less than keeping them steady, it is not good for food. If there is one or all of the three elements but there is uncertainty about the condition of the wings, it is considered good for food. The stork, it is said, has all three elements but possibly its wings are more steady. Thus, it is not good for food, as some of great scholars has given a ruling based on such report.

CR # (1689) The bats and peacocks are not edible. The birds feeding on human feces are also not good for food, until it is kept in proper quarantine. The flies and wasps are not edible. The eggs of inedible birds are not good for food. Also crows are not good for food with some objection about some kinds of it, although, according to a more clear reason they all are not edible.