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 and it shares this reputation with two other owls, which are called respectively Tumbok lârong, that is "Nail the coffin," and Chárek kafan, "Rend the cloth for the shroud." Toh ka-tampi means "Old-man-winnow-the-rice-for-the-burial-feast." The names are rather gruesome, and are said to be suggested by the peculiar cries of these "ghost birds."