hoary spoonbill

[David Wright]

Thanks, Fritz.

Sebastian Covarrubias' entry under "flamenco", in his dictionary of 1611, is
interesting.

Cobarruvias Orozco, Sebastián, “Tesoro de la lengua castellana o española”,
facsímil de la ed. de 1611, en Fondo Antiguo, Biblioteca, Universidad de
Sevilla
(http://fondosdigitales.us.es/fondos/libros/765/16/tesoro-de-la-lengua-caste
llana-o-espanola/; acceso: 7 dic. 2009).

It's good to have a good facsimile edition of the first edition on line; I
found it today for the first time. The second edition has been available in
the Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes for a few years. This is the best
work for getting closer to the meanings of Spanish words in the early
colonial texts of New Spain.

-----Mensaje original-----
De: John F. Schwaller [mailto:schwallr at potsdam.edu] 
Enviado el: domingo, 06 de diciembre de 2009 10:02 p.m.
Para: David Wright
CC: nahuatl at lists.famsi.org
Asunto: Re: [Nahuat-l] hoary spoonbill

David Wright asked:
>
>
> 1. Could the flamingo identification of the word quecholli come from the
> fact that Spaniards of the early colonial period called the roseate
> spoonbill "ave flamenca"? (The only documented case of this that I have is
> the Torquemada quote.)
>
>

The identification is quite common, i know in modern times, and I would
suppose earlier too.  Throughout the Gulf and Caribbean the Roseate
Spoonbill was commonly called a Flamingo.  My wife and I are amateur bird
watchers and lived in Florida for 14 years.  Spoonbills are always called
Flamingos by locals, until you actually see a Flamingo.  They are both
brilliant pink, but structurally quite different.

-- 
John F. Schwaller
President,
SUNY Potsdam
44 Pierrepont Ave.
Potsdam, NY  13676
schwallr at potsdam.edu


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