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Sialia Knexicana hairdi Ridgway. Chestnut-backed Bluebird. 

 ^Abundant everywhere on the mesas, l)ut none in the canyons. Our 

 Indian informants had noted the same fact. 



Paloma (<Span. paloma). 

 Domestic Pigeon. 

 Gatschet ^ incorrectly gives "paroma'' as the Tesuque name for 

 pigeon. 



Periku (<Span. perico). 



PaZU <Eng.polly). 

 Ilodge gives as a Parrot clan of Zuni, distinct from the Macaw clan, 

 Piohi-kwe ; there is also the testimony of Lummis that there is no 

 Parrot clan at Isleta. 



Tani- 

 Macaw. 



This is the bird which the Mexicans call guacamayo. Its feathers 

 are highly prized by the Tewa for ceremonial purposes. They state 

 that the feathers and also live tani were obtained from Mexico in 

 former times. The informants stated that a tani is at the present 

 time kept in a cage at Santo Domingo pueblo. 



Hodge gives as Parrot clans of various pueblos (which are possibly 

 Macaw clans) : Laguna, Shdw'iti-hdno'^^; Acoma, ShdwiV'-hanog^^; Sia 

 and Santa Ana, Sho'witi-hdno; San FeUpe, Sho'wati-hdno; and as a 

 Macaw clan of Zuni, Mulakwe. 



Tsiue fse'jV^, 'yellow bird' (tsue, bird; fse', yellow). 

 Canary. 

 Some of the Mexicans who live in the Tewa country keep these 

 birds in cages and call them canarios. 



Patoueal (<Span. j^o^vo real). 

 Peacock. 

 Some of the Mexicans who live in the Tewa country keep these 

 birds. 



The following are Tewa names of birds which we have not yet 

 been able to identify with scientific names: 



Petsep'^e'^^e', perhaps the oriole. 



Kadaywse.' , said to be similar to nsR'qicoue. 



Nse-qwoue, said to be similar to Icndaywse' . 



Kwd'qivede, perhaps the common house swallow. 



Po'salcsR', described as a small bird with needle-like nose. 



IS wse' ytside , 'pine bird' {rjwse'y, Pinus scopulorum; tsiue, bird). 

 This is described as a small bird with gray body and white 

 head, which jumps about in the rock-pines. 



1 A. S. Gatschet, Zwolf Spracheii aus dem Sijdwesten Nordamerikas, Weimer, 1876, p. 40. 



