Footnote 85: These are different kinds of _Cassicus_ and _Icterus_.]

[Footnote 86: Kinds of Pteroglossus. Those most frequently met with in
the Montanas are the _Pt. atrogularis_, Sturm; _Pt. coeruleocinctus_,
Tsch. (_Aulacorhynchus_, Orb.); and _Pt. Derbianus_, Gould.]

[Footnote 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.]

[Footnote 88: Several kinds of Penelope.]

[Footnote 89: The cry of this bird closely resembles the Spanish words
_Ven aca_ (Come hither).]

[Footnote 90: Seven species of Crypturus.]

[Footnote 91: _Sterna erythrorhynchos_, Prince Max., _St.
magnirostris_, Licht.]

[Footnote 92: _Champsa fissipes, sclerops et nigra_, Wagl.]

[Footnote 93: _Echidna ocellata_, Tsch. This is the only species of the
viper family belonging to South America, as yet known.]

[Footnote 94: _Sphenocephalus melanogenys_, Tsch.; _Lygophis Reginae_,
Wagl.; _L. taeniurus_, Tsch.; _L. elegans_, Tsch.]

[Footnote 95: From _naui_, the eye, _huacay_, to cry, and _cici_, the
ant;--so called by the Indians, because the pain of its numerous stings
brings tears into the eyes.]

[Footnote 96: "_Acabe la tarea_" may be translated "_My task is
finished_." But the Indians are not very consistent in their
interpretations of the song of the _Cucarachero_; for in some districts,
they contend that it repeats the words--_Casa te Soltera_, "_Go and get
married, Maiden_."]

[Footnote 97: A. von Humboldt, von Martius, and, in particular, Poeppig,
who has published a narrative of his journey through Peru, distinguished
by its precision, and written in a style so elegant and simple that its
perusal affords the utmost interest and pleasure.]

CHAPTER XV.

Montana of San Carlos de Vitoc--Villages--Hacienda of Maraynioc--the
Coca Plant--Mode of Cultivating and Gathering it--Mastication of
Coca--Evil Consequences of its excessive Use--Its Nutritious
Qualities--Indian Superstitions connected with the Coca
Plant--Suggestions for its Introduction in the European
Navies--Fabulous animal called the Carbunculo--The Chunchos--Missions
to Cerro de la Sal--Juan Santos Atahuallpa--The Franciscan
Monks--Depopulation of Vitoc.

The Montana of San Carlos de Vitoc is, without exception, one of the
most interesting districts of Peru. It has on the one side, and at a
short distance, the populous villages of the Sierra, a