BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 273 



sqao grouse and big variety got eagle 



of clam qai sea-lion 



sq^ol porpoise q^o sea-otter 



sqlen gull xa dog 



SLgu land-otter xd'gu halibut 



nao devil-fish. xo'ya raven 



kiu clam xot hair-seal 



Tclat deer Lga weasel 



Icldl sculpin IkHa saw-bill 



Tc'.AgA'n mouse Igo heron 

 Tcun whale 



The word for beaver seems to be the same as that for teeth, from 

 which it may have been derived. Most of the other animal, bird, 

 and insect names are evidently derived from descriptive terms. Such 

 are the following: 



yA'nidJAn spider 

 dJAgA'ldAxuan fly; also snipe 



djl' gul-a' oga shrew (probably literally, fern-mother) 

 djidA'n humpback-salmon 

 dogd'tLxagaha chicken-hawk 

 td'ina steelhead-salmon 

 td'gun spring-salmon 



taxe't small salmon found on the Queen Charlotte islands 

 td' Lat trout 

 td' LAt-gd'dala swallow 

 tialgun swan 

 siXASLdA'lgdfia small bird 

 statsklu'n fish-hawk 

 stdqld'djUga brant 

 skd'gi dog-salmon 

 skdxia'o swamp-robin 

 sqaA'm star-fish 



SLlu'djagadAh red-headed woodpecker 

 JcAlgai' AgAii butterfly, grasshopper 

 hu'ndaguah (Masset SLAqA'm) sand-flea 

 Ic.'d'ldjida crow 



qadji'nq.'Alge'JcsLe green-headed duck 

 qdtgadAgA'mlgal bat 

 qotgalu' sparrow 

 q!a'isgut butter-ball 

 qloyd'n mouse 

 Igitgu'n goose 



Ik'.ie'nqlbstAn frog {Iklle'n forest; qlostA'n crab) 

 tdLAt-gd'dAla fast trout 

 44877— Bull. 40, pt 1—10 18 § 38 



