Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians / by Junius Henderson and John Peabody Harrington.

  • Henderson, Junius, 1865-1937.
Date:
1914
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Credit: Ethnozoology of the Tewa Indians / by Junius Henderson and John Peabody Harrington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    57/98 (page 43)
    HARRIXGTOXJ 43 tho name P. megalonyx at Pueblo Creek. Probably also by McCall/ P. arciicus, at Santa Fe. ? Zamelodia mdanocephala (Swainson). Black-headed Grosbeak. A single pair raised a brood near camp at El Rito de los Frijoles ? Passer domesticus (Linn.). English Sparrow. Introduced into the territory since 1886. Apt to be found now in all the more important towns, but probably not in the uninhabited canyon and mesa regions; certainly unknown to the ancient inhab- itants. ? Iridoprocne hicolor (Vieillot). Tree Swallow. Tachycineta thalassina lepida Mearns. Northern Violet-green Swallow. Several times birds of one or the other of these two species were seen at El Rito de los Frijoles, but we could seldom get a good view of them. Our impression is that the latter was represented, and probably both. The former was reported by McCalL as nesting at Santa Fe. ? Dendroica auduhoni auduboni (Townsend). Audubon’s Warbler. Common on August 20, 1910, at the foot of the Jemez Mountains, near the headwaters of El Rito de los Frijoles. i Geothlypis trichas occidentalis Brewster. Western Yellow-throat. Our Indian informants describe this species by its color, song, and habits, as a bird hving along the Rio Grande in this region, and when shovm a colored figure of it with pictures of other warblers they at once recognized it. Doubtless other species of the wood warbler family pass through in migration and probably some nest in this region, but no records are at hand. JU'V. Mimus polyglottos leucopterus (Vigors). Western Mockingbird. Reported near San Ildefonso by one of our Indian informants, who seemed quite familiar with the bird, knew the white man’s name for it, and described its song as the song of aU other birds combined. The whites report it at Santa Fe. 7. Saljnnctes obsoletus obsoletus [Say]. Rock Wren.