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Aeronautes melanoleucus (Baird). White-throated Smft. 

 Common on the rim of ]vio Grande Canyon below the mouth of El 

 Rito de los Frijoles. 



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Ta-ykolie, 'sun hummingbird' {t'q-r), sun; Icolie, humnungbird). 

 Selasphorus rufus (Gmelin). Rufous Hummingbu'd. 

 Veiy abundant at Rito de los Frijoles Canyon, dozens of them 

 hovering over the patches of "waco," or "bee-plant" {Cleome ser- 

 rulata Pursh.). Specimens taken were identified by Dr. Ridgway. 

 Our Indian mformants correctly distmguished the males and females 

 when shown specimens, noticed that they were found mostly about 

 the Cleome, and said they were not found m the Rio Grande Canyon. 

 The broad-taUed humirdngbird {Selasphorus platycercus [Swamson]), 

 calliope hummingbird {SteUula calliope [Gould]), and black-chinned 

 hummingbu'd {Archiloclius alexandri [Bourc. & Mul.]) are likely to be 

 found m this region. 



Hodge gives Mi'itsr-liano as a Hummingbird clan of San FeUpo. 



Kws^'se. 



Pica pica Jiudsonia (Sabine). Magpie. 

 This conspicuous bird is well known to the Tewa and is mentioned 

 in their mythology. 



Tse'Tcwc^'s^, 'spruce magpie' {the-, Douglas spruce; hws^'s^, mag- 

 pie). 

 A kind of magpie. 

 No particulars could be learned except that this bird is a kind of 

 magpie which frequents fse' trees. 



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Jay. 

 For the species considered separately, see below. 

 Hodge gives 8e-td6a as a "bluebird" clan of San Ildefonso. 



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Cyanocitta stelleri diademata (Bonaparte). Long-crested Jay. 

 This bli-d, so easily recognized by its dark blue color and long 

 crest, or topknot, is common all over the region — m the canyons, on 

 the mesas, and in the mountams. Strangely enough, our Indian 

 mformants, though quite familiar with the bird, had not noticed that 

 it lowered its crest in flymg, but thought the crest was always erect. 



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Aphelocoma woodJiousei (Baird). Woodhouse's Jay. 

 This and the pinon jay are readily distinguished from the long- 

 crested jay by the lack of crests. The pinon jay is nearly uniform 

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