Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests

by Johann Jakob von Tschudi

[86] Kinds of Pteroglossus. Those most frequently met with in the Montañas are the Pt. atrogularis, Sturm; Pt. cœruleocinctus, Tsch. (Aulacorhynchus, Orb.); and Pt. Derbianus, Gould.

[87] Dios te de signifies May God give it thee. The sound which is interpreted, Dios te de resembles very much the cry of most of the Toucans, or pepper-eaters.

[88] Several kinds of Penelope.

[89] The cry of this bird closely resembles the Spanish words Ven acá (Come hither).

[90] Seven species of Crypturus.

[91] Sterna erythrorhynchos, Prince Max., St. magnirostris, Licht.

[92] Champsa fissipes, sclerops et nigra, Wagl.

[93] Echidna ocellata, Tsch. This is the only species of the viper family belonging to South America, as yet known.

[94] Sphenocephalus melanogenys, Tsch.; Lygophis Reginae, Wagl.; L. taeniurus, Tsch.; L. elegans, Tsch.

[95] From ñaui, the eye, huacay, to cry, and çiçi, the ant;—so called by the Indians, because the pain of its numerous stings brings tears into the eyes.