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.

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    Ouo liikon by us on the rim of Llio liio Gnuul(( Ciinyon below the mouth of El Rito do los Frijolos. Reported abundunt at Santa Fe by Ilenshaw.' (htlierpes mexi.canus conspersus Ridf^way. Canyon Wren. (knnmon along all the canyon ciilTs of this region. The song of the male, usually of about seven loud, ringing notes descending the scale, makes it the most noticerible of the wrens. ? Troglodytes aedon parlcmani Audubon. Western House Wren. Common in the canyons and on the mesas. ? Sitta carolinensis nelsoni Mearns. Rocky Mountain Nuthatch. Common on the mesas and in the mountains. We saw none in the canyons cutting the mesas. ? Sitta pygmxa pygmxa Vigors. Pygmy Nuthatch. Abundant in the canyons, on the mesas, and in the mountains. This tiny species was everywhere to be found m numbers among the pines. 1 : Bxoloplms inornatus griseus (Ridgway). Gray Titmouse. Very common among the pin on pines and cedars on the mesas. ? Penthestes gambeli gambeli (Ridgway). Mountain Chickadee. Very abundant in the canyons, on the mesas, and in the mountains. The type locahty for tliis species is about one day’s journey west of Santa Fe,” wliich would be not far from El Rito de los Frijoles. We saw no long-tailed cliickadees {Penthestes atricapillus septentrionalis [Harris]). i Myadestes townsendi (Aud.). Townsend’s Solitaire. Common in the canyon at Painted Cave, 5 miles or more south of El Rito de los Frijoles. 1 Hylodchla fuscescens salicicola Ridgway. Wdlow Tlirush. A pair raised a brood at El Rito de los Frijoles in 1910. Recorded also from Pueblo Creek, near Taos Pueblo, in 1904, by !Mrs. Bailey.* ? . Planesticus migratorius propinquus (Ridgway). Western Robin. Common in the canyons and in the mountains. > Ilenshaw, II. W., op. cit., p. IHO. » Bailey, riorenoe Merriam, op. cit., pp. 317-lS.