PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[April, 



snake, water- {EuUenia sirtalis) : 

 pa'o in go a. 



[pa^o m, apparently pertaining 

 to water, floating, swimming 

 + go' a, snake, etc.] 

 snake, water- {EuUenia elegans and 

 macrotceniatum) : 

 pa'siii ko go. 



[pa'siii, penetrating or pass- 

 ing through water + ko'go.] 

 snake, general term (especially in 

 compounds) : 

 go'a;go. 



[The root go has here its force 

 of winding or bending, 

 moving in curving path, 

 etc.] 

 snipe, American {Gallinago deli- 

 cata) : 

 wu'in gwi wi ta. 



[Imitative.] 

 i'jiipaba woniip. 



[i'jupa, coyote + ha'wo na, 

 seemingly to cry, call out, 

 etc. 4- up.] 

 The reference in the name is 

 to the calling out at dusk or 

 in night, like the coyote, 

 snow-bird, INIexican {J unco cin- 

 ereus) : 

 kai'ma. 

 ti'sa kai'ma. 



[ti'sa, small + kai'ma. See 



■] 

 snow-bird Oregon {J unco hiemalis 

 oregomis) : 

 ta'ka mu tu nants. 



[ta'ka, snow + mu'tu nants, a 

 general term. See under 

 himiming-bird .] 

 The black patch over the 



head of this bird, square 

 cut behind and suggesting 

 a head of black hair, is 

 accounted for by these 

 Indians in a myth which 

 represents the bird as hav- 

 ing descended on one side 

 from an Indian woman, 

 whose descendants were 

 changed into this form by 

 the coyote deity, 

 sole of foot : 

 da'ti ba na. 



{da, pertaining to the foot + 

 ti'ha na. Cf . palm.] 

 sparrow. Western song (Melospiza 



melodia, var. jallax) : 

 sparrow, yellow-winged (Coturni- 

 cidus passerinus, var, per- 

 pallidus) : 

 an'da witc. 

 sparrow, white-browed crown 

 (Zonotrichia leucophrys) : 

 yu'rra ba. 

 solpugid : 

 to'sa mush. 



[to'sa, white -\- mush, prob- 

 ably from ma'su i.] 

 sow-bug (Oniscus, etc.) : 



mi'ta rnuts. 

 spermophile (var. species of Sper- 

 mophilus) : 

 kim'ba. 

 spermophile, thirteen-lined : 

 ai'wa dzip. 



[ai'wa, fawn + dzip.] 

 spider (general term) : 



a'ni su tints, 

 spider, grass (Agalena) : 

 ? a'sah gots. 



