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from chickens. J)i or pi rjdi applies to the domestic as well as to the 

 wild turkey. The Isleta terms meaning turkey exactly parallel the 

 Tewa, di^iue being the equivalent of Tewa di , and piendidude that of 

 Tewa pi ydi . The Cochiti call turkey tsena. 



Hodge gives as Turkey clans of various pueblos: Pecos, P etdelu +; 

 Laguna, TsVna-hdno ch ; Acoma, Ts&amp;lt; na-7idnoq ch ; Sia, Ts : i-7idno; San 

 Felipe, Tsina-lidno; Santa Ana, Tsinha-Jidno ; Cochiti, Ts i n-hano; 

 Zuni, T6na-kwe. 



The Mexicans in New Mexico usually call the turkey gallo de la 

 tierra, gallina de la tierra. Spanish guajalote is not applied to the 

 turkey in New Mexico. 



Turkeys breed in considerable numbers in the mountains. We 

 saw 30 in one flock at the edge of Valle Grande, just beyond the 

 headwaters of El Rito de los Frijoles. They come down into the 

 canyons in the autumn in large numbers and congregate about 

 the springs, where, it is said, they are slaughtered by the Mexicans. 

 There is no doubt that they were formerly much more abundant 

 than now and probably constituted an important article of food of 

 the ancient inhabitants. The Indians long ago domesticated this 

 bird, or, at any rate, kept many of them in iiiclosures. It is sup 

 posed that the birds in capitivity were kept for ceremonial purposes, 

 the feathers being used in various rites. This raises some doubt as 

 to whether the captive birds were used also for food. One of the 

 old men from Santa Clara pueblo said that the turkey is always 

 silent, &quot;never makes any noise.&quot; This shows a surprising lack of 

 knowledge of the species. According to McCall, 1 60 years ago it 

 &quot;was found on almost every stream margined with timber, through 

 out the whole of the country traversed.&quot; 



JK-. 



Domestic fowl, Chicken. 



The name was originally applied to the wild turkey; see above. 



The cock or rooster is called either $i S y, male chicken (di , 

 chicken; spy, male) or gaju (&amp;lt;Span. gallo). 



The Tewa keep many chickens, and use the eggs (di wa ), flesh, and 

 feathers. 



Eg tytPT. 



Zenaidura macroura marginella (Woodhouse) . W r estern Mourn 

 ing Dove. 



The Taos name is pidngaipaand; Isleta, Icaipaue; Jemez, ginamy,. 



This dove was found to be abundant both in the canyons and on 

 the mesas. It is the only dovelike bird of the region, unless the 

 band-tailed pigeon occurs in limited numbers locally. The latter 

 may be recognized by the white nape band at the back of the skull 



1 McCall, George A., op. cit., p. 222. 



