The Hameh is a bird of Arabian mythology that formed from the blood and brains of a murdered prince.
It had beautiful green or purple plumage, and it screeched with the sound of one who is being murdered.
This weird cry is known as "Iskoonee," a word signifying "give me to drink," and the Hameh is said to follow the murderer until it can quench his thirst with his blood. It then flies off to the land of dead spirits where it announces that the original death has been avenged.