BY K. ETHERIDGE. JUXR. . 509 



shield consists of portions of the nuchal, and of the first 

 and third vertebral plates. The second vertebral is the 

 only entire plate remaining, but there are portions of the 

 first and second costal plates on each side. Seen from 

 below, or inside, it is found that the shield consists of portions 

 of the nuchal, and of the first four neural plates. Part of the 

 second dorsal vertebra, together with its anterior rib, has been 

 cut away. The greater part of the fifth, and all the succeeding, 

 have been entirely removed, as have also the free ends of the ribs 

 articulating with the third and fourth vertebra?, so that the ribs 

 between the second and third, and the fourth and fifth vertebi-tvi 

 form the supports for the shield handle, which consists of the 

 vertebrae between them. A space has been cut between the 

 latter and the carapace to admit the hand, the vertebrae forming 

 the handle having been padded with fibre, and whipped with 

 native string. 



The total length of the carapace before mutilation was probaljly 

 about three feet two inches ; now as a shield, it is seventeen inches, 

 and the width seven and a half. 



The third shield I desire to call attention to, is to all intents 

 and purposes one of the Goolmarry type as regards form, but 

 possessing only a modification of the ornamentation of the latter, 

 and devoid of any sculpturing on the inner or flat side. 



For this weapon I am indebted to Mr. L. "Winter, of Bathurst, 

 through Mr. G. K. Allen, late of the Geological Survey of N. S. 

 Wales. It is from the Saxby River, a branch of the Flinders 

 River near its mouth, and was picked up after an Aboriginal 

 fight. Its genuineness is attested by the numerous spear marks, 

 scattered over the surface. 



The shield possesses all the features of the Goolmarry as regards 

 form, size, and counter-sunk hand-hole, whilst both faces are very 

 beautifully grooved by tool-marking. Ornamentation is confined 

 to the convex or outer side, and consists of seven incised parallel 

 cross-bars at both ends, the immediate apices being smooth. 

 Across the centre are two complete and two half chevrons forming 

 a continuous zig-zag figure, composed of four incised lines or 



