y después vuelve. Vienen muchas dellas a esta laguna. Son de comer.
\nHay otra ave del agua que se llama achalalactli. Llámase por este nombre porque su canto es cha cha cha chu chu chala chala chala. Es del tamaño de una cerceta. Esta ave no anda en la laguna grande porque es enemiga del agua salada. Anda en el agua dulce, y habita en los barrancos. No anda sobre el agua, sino sobre los árboles. Y dallí se abate al agua a pescar lo que come, peces o ranas, y tomada la presa tórnase a los árboles a comer. Tiene tocada la cabeza con plumas cenicientas. Tiene las sienes blancas; tiene el pico negro y agudo y redondo, tiene el cuello larguillo; tiene las plumas dél mezcladas de blanco y negro; tiene el pecho blanco, la cola pardo escura y pequeña. Tiene los codillos de las alas blancos; las plumas de las alas pardas escuras; tiene
\n","citation_key":"citation_lopez_spanish_transcription","citation":{"en":["Spanish by López Austin & García Quintana 2000"],"es":["Español por López Austin & García Quintana 2000"]}},{"id":"b477289d-593b-4aa8-871f-6b0e2a6927e6","choice":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["spanish translation"],"es":["traducción al español"]},"column":"spanish","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(García Garagarza 2023)","markdown":"and returns afterward. Many of them come to this lagoon. They are edible.\n\nThere is another waterfowl that is called _achalalactli_. It is called by this name because its song goes “cha cha cha chu chu chala chala chala.” It is the size of a teal. This bird does not frequent the big lagoon because it does not like salty water. It frequents freshwater and lives on the cliffs. It stays not on the water but in the trees, and it darts from there to the water in order to catch its food: fish or frogs. And after catching its prey, it returns to the trees to eat. It has a crest of ashen-colored feathers on its head. The sides of its head are white; its beak is black, pointy, and curved. Its neck is rather long, with mixed black and white feathers. Its breast is white, and its tail is dark grayish brown and small. The elbows of its wings are white; its wing feathers are dark grayish brown. Its","html":"and returns afterward. Many of them come to this lagoon. They are edible.
\nThere is another waterfowl that is called achalalactli. It is called by this name because its song goes “cha cha cha chu chu chala chala chala.” It is the size of a teal. This bird does not frequent the big lagoon because it does not like salty water. It frequents freshwater and lives on the cliffs. It stays not on the water but in the trees, and it darts from there to the water in order to catch its food: fish or frogs. And after catching its prey, it returns to the trees to eat. It has a crest of ashen-colored feathers on its head. The sides of its head are white; its beak is black, pointy, and curved. Its neck is rather long, with mixed black and white feathers. Its breast is white, and its tail is dark grayish brown and small. The elbows of its wings are white; its wing feathers are dark grayish brown. Its
\n","citation_key":"citation_garagarza","citation":{"en":["Spanish-to-English by García Garagarza 2023"],"es":["Español-al-inglés por García Garagarza 2023"]}}],"nahuatl_col":[{"id":"d2a452e7-64b5-41f4-9f81-8f474a5c5eec","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"transcription","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl transcription"],"es":["transcripción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["Nahuatl"],"es":["Náhuatl"]},"language_code":"nci","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"[quj]qua, mjchi: amo no njcã mopilhoatia, çan no tehoan iauh, no tehoa vallauh: miequjntin in oalhuj: qualonj.\n\n##### Achalalactli:\ncanauhtli, injc motocaiotia achalalactli, iuh tlatoa: cha, cha cha, chuchu, chala chala, chala: ixqujch in toçolocton. Auh inin tototl: amo vmpa nemj in tequjxquiapã çã acellopan in nemj, qujnamjctinemj in tepexitl: amo no atlixco motlalia, çan muchipa: vexoticpac, quauhticpac in motlalitinemj. Auh in jquac ie tlaquaznequj: vmpa oaleoa, in atlan calactivetzi: conana in tlein caci, aço mjchi, aço cueiatl. Auh in oconanato: njmã, no vmpa tlamattiuh, in quauhticpac: vmpa qujqua.\n\nIn jtzontecon: quachichiqujle, nextic, in hivio: iztac in jcanaoacan, qujmotlatlalili: in jtē tliltic, vitztontli, mjmjltontli, achi quechviac, iztacacujcujl[tic]","html":"[quj]qua, mjchi: amo no njcã mopilhoatia, çan no tehoan iauh, no tehoa vallauh: miequjntin in oalhuj: qualonj.
\ncanauhtli, injc motocaiotia achalalactli, iuh tlatoa: cha, cha cha, chuchu, chala chala, chala: ixqujch in toçolocton. Auh inin tototl: amo vmpa nemj in tequjxquiapã çã acellopan in nemj, qujnamjctinemj in tepexitl: amo no atlixco motlalia, çan muchipa: vexoticpac, quauhticpac in motlalitinemj. Auh in jquac ie tlaquaznequj: vmpa oaleoa, in atlan calactivetzi: conana in tlein caci, aço mjchi, aço cueiatl. Auh in oconanato: njmã, no vmpa tlamattiuh, in quauhticpac: vmpa qujqua.
\nIn jtzontecon: quachichiqujle, nextic, in hivio: iztac in jcanaoacan, qujmotlatlalili: in jtē tliltic, vitztontli, mjmjltontli, achi quechviac, iztacacujcujl[tic]
\n","citation_key":"citation_anderson_nahuatl_transcription","citation":{"en":["Nahuatl by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]}},{"id":"efcdf7aa-ea42-42c0-a67a-884e28e12a8a","choice":{"en":["Nahuatl-to-English by Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"],"es":["Náhuatl-al-inglés por Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982"]},"type":"translation","type_label":{"en":["nahuatl translation"],"es":["traducción al náhuatl"]},"column":"nahuatl","language":{"en":["English"],"es":["Inglés"]},"language_code":"eng","subtitle":"(Anderson & Dibble 1953–1982)","markdown":"eats fish. Also it does not rear its young here; it also goes, comes with the others. Many come. They are edible.\n\n##### Achalalactli[^51]\n\nIt is a duck. It is named *achalalactli* because it sings thus: *cha, chacha, chuchu, chala chala chala*. It is the size of a *teçolocton*. But this bird does not live in the brackish lagoon; rather it lives in the fresh water. It frequents the crags. Also it does not settle upon the water but always goes to alight upon the tops of willows, on treetops. And when it wishes to feed, from there it descends, suddenly dives into the water, it takes what it hunts, perhaps a fish, perhaps a frog. And when it has gone to take it, then it also calmly goes to the treetop there to eat it.\n\nIts head is crested; ashen are its feathers. White ones are placed on the sides of its head. Its bill is black, small, pointed, cylindrical. It is rather long-necked; [black and] white mixed \n\n\n\n\n[^51]: *Achalalactli:* Martín del Campo, *op. cit.,* p. 400, identifies it as *Stroptoceryle alcyon alcyon*.","html":"eats fish. Also it does not rear its young here; it also goes, comes with the others. Many come. They are edible.
\nIt is a duck. It is named achalalactli because it sings thus: cha, chacha, chuchu, chala chala chala. It is the size of a teçolocton. But this bird does not live in the brackish lagoon; rather it lives in the fresh water. It frequents the crags. Also it does not settle upon the water but always goes to alight upon the tops of willows, on treetops. And when it wishes to feed, from there it descends, suddenly dives into the water, it takes what it hunts, perhaps a fish, perhaps a frog. And when it has gone to take it, then it also calmly goes to the treetop there to eat it.
\nIts head is crested; ashen are its feathers. White ones are placed on the sides of its head. Its bill is black, small, pointed, cylindrical. It is rather long-necked; [black and] white mixed
\nAchalalactli: Martín del Campo, op. cit., p. 400, identifies it as Stroptoceryle alcyon alcyon.↩