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carved images or stuflPed skius of this regal bird. Kone among the 

 Cberokees, save approved warriors, were permitted to wear its plumes. 

 To this king of the feathered tribe were religious honors paid by the 

 Natchez, who regarded its feathers not simply as ornaments and tro- 

 l^hies, but as marks of dignity' and insignia of no common import. 



About a mile and a balf from Lawrence's Ferry, on the Oconee River, 

 and situated on a stony ridge near the main road, on the plantation of 

 Mr. Kinchen D. Little, in Putnam County, is another of these bird- 

 shaped mounds. Like the former, it is composed wholly of bowlders 

 of white quartz rock, collected from the hill on which it stands. (See 

 Fig. 2.) 



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Scale 40 feet to 1 inch. 

 Bird-shaped stone mouud in Putnam County, Georgia. 



Its dimensions do not materially differ from those of the tumulus on 

 the Scott place. The tail, however, is bifurcated. The head of the bird 

 lies to the southeast, and its wiugs are extended in the direction of 

 northeast and southwest. The entire length of the structure, from the 

 crown of the head to the end of the tail, is 102 feet and 3 inches. 

 For a distance of twelve feet the tail is bifurcated, and just above the 

 point of bifurcation it is 12 feet wide. Across the body, and from tip 

 to tip of the wings, the tape gave us a measurement of 132 feet. The 

 body of this bird, which is evidently lying upon its back, is stouter than 



