Dec. 1896] ORNITHOLOGICAL VOCABULARY OF THE MOKIS 395 



were in a fearful state of demoralization, nearly every one of their 

 fine blue, red, and yellow feathers having been plucked to make 

 wands for the dancers or to decorate the sacred standards used 

 in their Dance of the Tablet. 



The Mokis show an excellent acquaintance with raptorial 

 birds. They have an especial veneration for the two species of 

 eagle, which are kept by them in cages in the pueblos of Oraibi, 

 Mashongnavi, Shumopavi, and Shipaulovi, 1 and fed largely on 

 field-mice and rabbits. Captain Bourke alludes to eagle feathers 

 as common articles of commerce among the Mokis, having a 

 determinate value, and ascribes the high price placed upon them 

 by all the sedentary Indians of Arizona and New Mexico to some 

 considerations graver than those of commerce. 



Vocabulary 

 General Terms 



Bird, qua-yuh'. 



A big bird, qua'Mih. 



A little bird, che'e. 



A bird's nest, tah'ke. When shown 

 a nest of the black phcebe (Sayornis 

 nigricans), they called it a ivoiv- 

 ivow'uh-k'ia-tdh' ke,me&ning&swal- 

 low's nest, which it resembles. 



A bird's egg, qua'nu-hdh. 



To sing, tur-tucWuh. 



To fly, phur-ydcVte. 



To run, hdrzh-rddr'ru-td. 



Man, tdh'kd. 



Woman, whrWte. 



Man bird (i. e., male), tdli'kd-wlk-kd 

 or tdh'kd-clie'e. 



Woman bird (i. e., female), votirk'ti- 

 wek-kd or wiirk'te-clie-e. 



Old, wtirk'tok-ali. 



Young, nong' 'chl-yb-md. 



Little, chVhoi-yuh. 



Big, yah' ' cln-yok-kd. 



Water, pah'huh or kiir'ye. 



River, chur-htirbp'be-coil-luh. 



Mountain, n'e-wdt'te-kow-l. 



Stone, oh-hua' or bli-wuW. 



Tree, sche-hurbp'be. 



Cottonwood-tree, pdh-sche-hurbp'be. 



The ground or earth, whdr'zhu. 



Grass, pah-tish'n'wa. 



Spotted, pin'tb (Spanish). 



Black, coim'bwe. 



White, coy-bte'sa. 



Green, mb-klng' 'pull. 



Blue, shais-qua-buh. 



Yellow, tush' cab-by. 



Bed, pah' Id. 



Brown, tbsh-e'kl. 



Head, coit-tur-dt-td. 



Shoulder, schWkd-dt-td. 



Wing, mdh' 'schu-dt-td. 



Tail, schd-rbb' 'dt-td. 



Leg, ho-kah'at-td. 



Foot, quirk' 'dt-td. 



Eye, pb'sclie-dt-td. 



Crest, kb-potch r kii\i-dt-td. 



Little bill or beak, mb-chbp / ]ib-yuh. 



Big bill or beak, wlll-kbm'n'chb-wuh. 



Gun, dh-mtirk' uh-be. 



l Captain Bourke states (p. 27) that " eagles are still raised in cages in Pieuris, San 

 Ildefonso, Santa Clara, Zuni, Acoma, and the villages of the Moquis farthest to the 

 west." 



