18 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [BULL. 56 
Pu: means jackrabbit, domestic rabbit, domestic hare; with or 
without wa'gi, ‘like’, it is applied to guinea pigs. ey 
= 
= Kway. = 
_ Sylvilagus nuttalli pinetis (Allen). Rocky Mountain Cottontail. 
Recorded by Nelson! from many northern New Mexico localities, 
including Costillo Pass, Gallinas Mountains, Jemez Mountains, Hall’s 
Peak (southeast of Taos), San Antonio Mountains, Santa Clara 
Mountains, Taos Mountain, Tierra Amarilla, Tres Piedras, and 
Twining (near Taos). We saw several, which were probably this 
species or the next, at and near El Rito de los Frijoles, but did not 
obtain specimens for identification. 
Kway. 
Sylvilagus auduboni warrent Nelson. Colorado Cottontail. 
Recorded by Nelson? from San Antonio Mountains, Tres Piedras, 
and other localities in northwestern New Mexico. 
The New Mexico cottontail (Sylvilaqus auduboni neomexicanus 
Nelson) appears to range from the Pecos Valley eastward, hence it 
does not come within our area. 
Soy. 
Erethizon epixanthum Brandt. Yellow-haired Porcupine. 
We saw no signs of porcupines about El Rito de.los Frijoles. At 
the old Buckman sawmill, at the base of the mountains, we saw the 
skin of one which had been killed there. San Ildefonso Indians 
report its occurrence in the mountains and sometimes in the fields, and 
are familiar with its habit of gnawing the bark of trees. The smaller 
hairs are called p‘o and the large spine-like hairs ywe-, a word which 
is applied also to the thorns of plants. The Indians believe that 
when angry the so’y has the power of shooting these ywe: like arrows. 
Pe, or peua (pe, Zapus princeps; va, unexplained). 
% Zapus princeps Allen. Rocky Mountain Jumping Mouse. 
Reported at Camp Burgwyn® [Cantonment Burgwin] and Santa Fe 
by Preble.t| Both whites and Indians describe a mouselike animal 
with long, kangaroo-like hind legs and short forelegs, at El Rito de 
los Frijoles, but we did not succeed in catching any for identification, 
and can not feel sure from the description that it is a Jumping 
mouse. One Indian reported that pe’ is smaller than the deermouse, 
and pe'va considerably larger. They may represent some species of 
pocket mouse and a kangaroo rat. 
1 Nelson, E. W., op. cit., pp. 207-11. 
2 Tbid., pp. 231-32. 
3 The Cantonment Burgwin specimen has been referred to a distinct species, Zapus luteus. See Miller 
in Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XXtv, p. 253, Dec. 23, 1911. Miller also reports Z. luteus from Espanola, 
Taos County, and from Cloudcroft, Otero County. : 
4 Preble, Edward A., Revision of the Jumping Mice of the Genus Zapus, North American Fauna, no. 15, 
Biol. Surv., U.S. Dept. Agr., pp. 22-23, 1899. 
