E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Hameh.
In Arabian mythology, a bird formed from the blood near the brains of a murdered man. This bird cries “Iskoo’nee!” (Give me drink!), meaning drink of the murderer’s blood;
and this it cries incessantly till the death is avenged, when it flies away.
