ANCIENT PUEBLOS OF UPPEE GILA REGION. 7 



Jay {Cyanodtta stell&n diademata and Cyanocephalus cyanopha- 

 lus). 



Flicker {Colaptus cafer). 



Woodpecker {Balana sphyra). The scalp used for decoration 

 among the California Indians. 



A plume consisting of two jay feathers attached to a cord of wiry 

 fiber of the yucca or dasylirion was found in the debris. The quills 

 of the feathers are bent over and secured in a loop of 

 the strand of cord and the latter was then twisted ^ 



below the fastening into a two-strand string. One of iJMi 1 

 the feathers appears to be cut, as in the feather sym- 

 bolism of the Plains tribes (fig. 4, Cat. No. 246372, 

 U.S.N.M.). 



Sparrowhawk {Falco sparve/Hous phalcena). 



Snowbird {J unco sp.) and 



Night heron {Nycticorax nycticoraoG ncevhis). 



A trade bundle of parrot feathers, so prized by the 

 Pueblo Indians, was found in the Tularosa cave. This 

 very interesting relic of early commerce consists of a 

 strip of wildcat skin, which forms the wrapping of a 

 small bundle of the parrot feathers, which (fig. 3, «, h) 

 were tied in a neat bunch with a fiber, inclosed in the 

 skin (fig. 3, <?), and secured with a cord ©f yucca 

 (fig. 3, d). It is probable that these feathers were 

 procured in the Huachuca and Chiricahua Mountains, 

 where the thick-billed parrot has been known to range. 



OTHER ANIMALS. 



Remains of the tortoise, lizard, and snakes were ^^^ 4._jaybird 

 somewhat frequently found. plume from 



An interesting use of the iridescent thighs of the 'I'^'^-^^os^ cate. 

 California fruit beetle {Allorhina mutahilis) for beads was observed 

 in the Bear Creek cave. 



Ears and scattered grains of corn were found in some quantity in 

 the Tularosa Cave, where it had evidently been placed with burials. 

 The ears are 3 of 8, 2 of 12, and one of 16 rows. One cob is of 18 

 rows. The grains are smooth and short, of yellow, blue, and carmine, 

 but much faded b}^ aging. The cob is generally slender, sometimes 

 bifed or showing a tendency to pairing, and the typical ear is 5 inches 

 long, while there seems to be a preponderance of stout nubbins. (PI. 

 2, figs. 1-12, 4| to .5f inches long.) From Spur Ranch, near Luna, 

 New Mexico, come 6 cobs of 8, and 2 of 10 rows. The cobs are 3^- to 



