The royal commentaries of Peru : in two parts / written originally in spanish by the Inca Garcilasso de la Vega; rendred into english by sir Paul Rycaut.

Royal Commentaries. BooK VIII. '· : l 1 J •• ~ I 1 •• • 1 e ·H A P. X ·X. u 1 • • lJ , t ) ·O{ Partridges, Doves, and .other fmal/er Birds. T Here are two forts ofPartridges i!1 my Countrey; ~ne is like º?r Héns which ' lay Eggs, and thefe are found m the defarts, which the lndcans call Puna 5 the other is leffer than our Partridge in Spttin, but the flefh is excellent good, and more favoury than tbe greater kind ; they are both of a greyifh cploqr, their bill and teec being white ; ·they name them Yutu from the found ofthe call which they make; the leffer fort are of the fame colour with our Qqails, onely that their beak is different; to moft Birds the lndians give Names according to the inarticulate voice or noife they make, as we fhall hereafcer declare. 1 know not whether the Par- tridges of Spain have been tranfported to Peru, to make a br~ed of them in that part of the World: .They have Wood·Pigeons, or Ring-Doves of che fame co- lour·and bignefs as they are in Spain, chey call them Vrpi; Houfe-Pigeons have been brought cbitmer from Spain, which the Indians call Caftilla Vrpi 1: They have Tortles of che ,fame co!our and bigne~ as thofe in Spain,_ if,noc fomething _larg~r 5 - they call chem CiJcohuay, from che no1fe they make, which founds fomething hke · ir. 'The~aire another fort ofTurcle abouc che bigoe!S of aThrufh, or Lark, and of.the farne colour, they breed uoder the E ves ofaHoufe, like our Sparrows, and fome of chern iMhe Fields, but chofe are few. They have a fort of frnall Birds ' of .a greyifh colour, which che Spaniards for che likenefs of cheir colour, call Spar- :rows, lDuc are ~ifferent in cheir note, for thefe fing fweetly, and chirp noc like che ordinary Sparrow: che Jndians call them P4riapichiu; they breed in che Mud- walls of Houfes, or in Walls covered wich Bufhes, and fometimes alfo in che Field. They have anocher forc of fmall Bird, which we calla Nighciogale, by reafon of its reddifh colour, but differs in ics note as much as whice and black , liaving that un_pleafant found, that the ancient Jndians eíleemed it as unlucky as che croaking of a Raven. They have anorher fort of fmall Birds of a blackifh co- lour, which the Spaniards call Swallows, but they are rarher Swifrs, than Swal- lows, and come at their cerrain feafons ; they commonly lodge, and rnake their neíls, in places where people do inhabit ; for my part, I never faw either Swal- lows or Martens in che Hílly Coumries of P~ru. The Birds of che Plaios are rhe fame with ours, bue their Sea-fowl is much differenr. They have neither Plo- ver, Heath-pbuts, nor Thrufhes in that Counrrey, nor Cranes, nor Buíl:ards; howfoever there may be others like them which 1 cannot remember. In rht! Kingdom of Chili, which was within the Dominions and Em- pire of t~e lncM; there were Oílridges which the Jndit1ms call Suri, but their Feathers were not fo fine and curious as thofe of Africa ; cheir colours 2re com- monly grey : rhey take no high flight, but makiog uíe of their Wiogs and Feet, flutter along, and run faHer than a Horfe. The Spaniards run them fometimes clown with cheir Horfes, but chen two or chree Horfemen chafe them from one to another, umill they are rired. In Peru they have a fort of Srarli.ngs, which fly in Flocks, and are of a black and grey colour ; tl1e bdians cal! tbem Cha)'íM from the noife they make : chey have alfo feveral ocher forrs of Birds, greater and leffer , of which, for che variety of them, 1 am not able to give an account. 1 remember that chey have a kind of Keftrel, or Vvind-hover, bue of more fpirit and courage than thofe whjch we have here, for rhofe will adventure to prey upon fmall Bi rds. In che Plains of Yuc11.y I once faw two Keílrels fly at a [mal\ Bi_rd, which ~~ey ~a~ purfued ~ great way, and at l a ~ lodged h~r in a tal! and rbICk Tree wrnch is m that Plam. I left that Tree ílandmg when I departed from chence, which che ~ndia~s in ~he time of their Gentiliún held, an~íl:eemed for Sacred, becaufe their Kmgs d1d ofren fit under the fhadow of ir, to e che diver- cifemems and paíl:imes which were reprefemed in thoíe Plains. T efe Kefüels following their natural fagacity, combined againíl: rhe poor Bird ; and one of chem