This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...been gradually restricted so that now only a few are left on the higher peaks. It is likely that the ptarmigan was known to the ancient inhabitants of the Pajarito Plateau, and it may have occurred in considerable numbers at the head of the Rito, especially during the winter, 10 or 20 centuries ago.? Centrocercus ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...been gradually restricted so that now only a few are left on the higher peaks. It is likely that the ptarmigan was known to the ancient inhabitants of the Pajarito Plateau, and it may have occurred in considerable numbers at the head of the Rito, especially during the winter, 10 or 20 centuries ago.? Centrocercus urophasianus (Bonaparte). Sage Hen. Reported at Tierra Amarilla by Henshaw.4 Parts of the Rio Grande Valley are well suited to this bird. If it formerly occurred in numbers, its large size would have made it an important addition to the diet of the inhabitants. J)i' (akin to Isleta duuue). Pi'ydi' (pi'y, mountain; di', turkey, chicken). Meleagris gallopavo merriami Nelson. Merriam's Turkey. The uncompounded di' is now applied mostly to the introduced domestic fowl or chicken and not to turkey as it doubtlessly was formerly. Pi'y, 'mountain, ' is usually prejoined to distinguish turkeys 'McCall, George A., op. cit., p. 222. 2 Bailey, Florence Merriam, Notes from Northern New Mexico, The Avk, xxn, pp. 310-18, 1905. Additional Notes on the Birds of the Upper Pecos, ibid., xxi, pp. 351-52, 1904. - Henshaw, H. W., Note on Lagopus leucurus and Leucosticte australis, The Auk, xxn, pp. 315-10,1905. Henshaw, H. W., Report upon Ornithological Collections, etc., op. cit., p. 437. from chickens. or pi'ydi' applies to the domestic as well as to the wild turkey. The Isleta terms meaning 'turkey' exactly parallel the Tewa, diiuue being the equivalent of Tewa di', and piendiiuue that of Tewa pi'ydi'. The Cochiti call turkey tsena. Hodge gives as Turkey clans of various pueblos: Pecos, P'etdeM'+; Laguna, Tsi'na-lidnoch; Acoma, Tsina-hanoqch; Sia, Tsl-hdno; San Felipe, Tslna-lidno; Santa Ana, Tsmlia-hdno; Cochiti, Ts'i'rir-hano; Zuni, T6na-kwe. The Mexicans in Ne...
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