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of the male and of most females. The mourning dove is used for 

 food by the Indians. Our San Ildefonso Indian informants described 

 minutely the whistling of its wings and its call notes, which one of 

 the informants rendered by 'o — 'o — 'o — 'o. When this imitation was 

 heard one of the old Indians broke out into a ''rain song," which led 

 us to suspect that this bird was connected in his mind with rain. 



Hodge gives as Dove clans of various pueblos: Sia, Ilohoka-Jidno; 

 San Felipe, Huuka-hdno; Santa ^Vna, Hooka-lidno. 



Cathartes aura septentrionalis Wied. Turkey Vulture. 

 We saw three in the Jemez Mountains, at the edge of the Valle 

 Grande, and one at Rito de los Frijoles Canyon. Our Indian inform- 

 ants said that this bird is confined to the mountains, lives on dead 

 meat, does not catch animals alive, and has a red head with no p'o, 

 'hair,' 'feathers,' on it. The Tewa did not eat the 'okaws§. They 

 were shown pictures of this vulture and of the California vulture or 

 condor {Oymnogyps californianus [Shaw]), and one old man who had 

 been in California at once pointed to the latter and exclaimed, 

 Tcali'p' odnia' okiiws^ , ' California vulture . ' 



QwsR'ypi', 'red tail' {qws^^'y, tail; pi', red). 

 Buteo horealis calurus Cassin. Western Redtail. 



This large hawk is fairly common all over the plateau. A pair 

 nested near camp at the Rito. The Indians recognize it by the color 

 of the tail and the screaming call note. They do not eat it. It is 

 probable that Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni Bonaparte) is also 

 common, but we identified none with certainty. 



Besides the qws^'ypi' the Tewa have names for three other kinds 

 of liawk. Tfugs^ is the kind of hawk which the Mexicans call gavilan. 

 The tfug.s^ is said to be a large bird. Qw^'yfu', 'spotted tail' (qwse-y, 

 tail; fy,', spotted) is called by the Mexicans cola pinta, these words 

 having the same meaning. 



The qtvs^'yfy,' is smaller than the tfugse. fiy is the smallest species 

 of hawk known to the Tewa and is of the color of a ju'V, 'mocking- 

 bird.' 



Hodge gives Kyu'^gd^-tdoa as a Hawk clan of San Ildefonso. 



Tse' . 

 Eagle. 



Haliseetus leucocepTialus leucocephalus (Linn.). Bald Eagle. 

 Eagles of various colors are mentioned m Tewa mythology. Tse' 

 is the tsiietujo, 'chieftain bird' (tsUe, bird; tujo, chieftain), and 

 symbolizes the zenith in the beast-identifications of the world- 

 regions. The Tsleta call eagle fuiie; the Cochiti, Pdme; the Hopi, 

 Icwaliui. 



Hodge gives as Eagle clans of various pueblos: San Juan (given by 



