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d. tu-tu-ku-la-la-la. 



e. Current throughout the year, near small streams. 



f. Small fish, worms. 



g. Traps, shotgun. 



h. Edible; "looks like chicken, but fish-flavored." 

 Served smoked, in stew (huatape), or with mole sauce. 

 i. Sings only at dawn and dusk ; its cry presages rain. 

 j. Heron or bittern (?). 



40. Vaquero. 

 a. tok?ni?. 

 o. None. 



c. Size of zopilote (No. 41) ; looks like aguililla (No. 1) ; 

 chocolate-colored plumage. 



d. oooook ("like a cattle call"; como gritan los raque- 

 ros). 



e. Cry heard in monte. Bird arrives with the heat, 

 usually in June; departs in August; by September none 

 remains. 



f. Poultry. 



g. Shotgun. 



h. None ; bird of prey. 



j. Hawk of some kind (?). 



41. Zopilote. 

 a. dun. 



c. Size of large hen ; but greater wingspread. Black 

 plumage. 



d. None. 



e. Current throughout the year. 



f. Eats carrion. 



g. Shotgun. 



h. Sometimes hunted ; medicinal. Broth and meat eaten 

 as cure for rabies ; or the fresh blood mixed with "sherry," 

 and drunk. 



j. Black vulture {Coragyps atratus). 



42. Zopilote rey. 

 a. sak\. 

 o. None. 



c. Slightly larger than the zopilote (No. 41) ; has red 

 head, bill, and feet ; brown plumage. 



d. None. 



e. Current throughout the year ; frequents same places 

 as zopilote. Not numerous. 



/. Devours eyes of dead animals ; does not eat putrid 

 meat. 

 g. Not hunted. 

 h. None. 



i. Considered the king of zopilotes (cf. Clavijero 1 : 90). 

 j. King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa). 



