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Specific Terms 



Podilyrnbus podiceps (Linn.), pied-billed grebe, schirp'kem-dh. 



Urinator imber (Gunn.), loon, chd-cum'on. (A " swift diver.") 



Uiinator pacificus (Lawr.), Pacific loon, cha-cum'dn. 



Larus delawarensis Ord. , ring-billed gull, pah' qua-tth. (A ' ' fisherman. ' ' ) 



Sterna forsteri Nutt. , Forster's tern, pah-woke' ho. 



Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis (Gmel.), black tern, coim'bive-pah- 



woke'ko. 

 Merganser americanus (Cass.), xlmerican merganser, tdng' dh-coit-uh. 

 Merganser serrator (Linn.), red-breasted merganser, ho-pdtch'ko-wow-e-ka. 

 Lophodytes cucullatus (Linn.), hooded merganser, co-chd'he-qua-wow- 



wek-kd. 

 Anas boschas Linn., mallard, tdng-dh'cow-ivow-uh-ke. 

 Anas strepera Linn., gadwall, pah'week-eh' or pdh'ive-k' ia. 

 Anas americana Gmel. , baldpate, pin' td-coit-uh-wow-w'ek-kd. 

 Anas carolinensis Gmel., green-winged teal, cho-cone'woiv-wek-kd. 

 Anas discors Linn., blue-winged teal, mash-she' shd-cow-wow'wek-kd. 

 Anas cyanoptera Vieill., cinnamon teal, pdh'we-k'ia. 

 Spatula clypeata (Linn.), shoveller, pah'we-k'ia. 

 Dafila acuta (Linn.), pintail, pin' lo-wow-wek-kd. 

 Aythya americana (Eyt.), redhead, co-chow' wone-uh-wow-wek-kd. 

 Aythya vallisneria (Wils.), canvas-back, pah-ldckt'ta-ivow-wek-ka. 

 Aythya collaris (Donov.), ring-necked duck, pdy'ta-cow-ivow-wek-ka. (Re- 

 fers to the band across its bill. ) 

 Charitonetta albeola (Linn.), buffie-head, wusch-e'wow-wek-kd. 

 Erismatura rubida (Wils. ), rudd} r duck, pdh-ld'huin-to-wow-wek-kd. (Indi- 

 cates a duck spotted with red.) 

 Branta canadensis occidentalis (Baird), white-cheeked goose, puhr- 



yow'wish-d. 

 Branta canadensis minima Eidgw., cackling goose, will-ko'-wow-ivek-M. 

 Olor buccinator (Rich.), trumpeter swan, pdh'to-ko. 



Note to Anatidse. — Pdh-wow-wow'tct-td. A general name used by the 



Mokis to denote any member of this family. Mokis do not eat ducks, 



but the name (ndh'huh) of the chief or governor (called moung'we) of 



a village (ho-pe'ke) signifies a species of duck. 



Plegadis guarauna (Linn.), white- faced glossy ibis, pah-ld'tong-uh-pow- 



woiu'-wek-kd. 

 Tantalus loculator Linn., wood ibis, pdh'we-kd or coi-chl'lur-lu-chd. 

 Botaurus lentiginosus (Montag.), American bittern, wW.-ko'huatch-rob'. 

 Ardetta exilis (Gmel.), least bittern, co-ghd'he-qna. 

 Ardea herodias Linn., great blue heron, lur'lii-chd-dt-tdk'kd. 

 Ardea egretta Gmel., American egret, co-chow' wow-wek-kd. 

 Ardea candidissima Gmel., snowy heron, co-chow' he-me-wow-wek-kd. 

 Ardea rufescens Gmel., reddish egret, pdh-ld'dt-tok'ko. 

 Ardea virescens anthonyi Mearns, green heron, mush-she' wow-e-kd. 

 Nycticorax nycticorax nsevius (Bodd.), black-crowned night heron, co- 

 pah' -him-me-wow-e-kd. 



