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! Fig. 123. A double-beaked blade of reddish brown surface and black 

 interior. This and the following specimens should be compared with 

 beaked specimens without grooves. There is a slight resemblance 

 between this example and im Thurn's Plate G, Fig. 1, at least in the 

 long groove and the general outline of the blade. 



Length, 8 inches; width, 4^o inches. 



Fig. 124. A double-beaked blade of bright drab color. The ridge 

 beneath the groove gives to this example a very pleasing outline. In- 

 deed, without excess of ornament, the whole contour is harmonized 

 with great skill. 



Length, 9 inches ; width, 5^ inches. 



Fig. 125. A double-beaked massive blade of brown color. The curves 

 beneath the beak and the fluting on the top are more elaborate than 

 in the last one described. 



Length, ll^^^ inches; width, 5-fQ inches. 





Fig. 126. 



Fig. 126. A massive two-beaked blade of dark brown color, and so 

 highly polished that it seems to have been recently made. The treat- 



