612 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



from the same locality, represents the bead of an animal. There are 

 two finger holes in the top of tbe head and a long pointed nose serves 

 as a mouthpiece." The notes emitted, wliicli nre strong- and full, are 

 here indicated : n _^ ft»— "*" 



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Specimen, Cat. No. 3L*708 (U.8.N.M.), also from Ometepe Island, is 

 a small bird-shaped wliistle of gray-colored clay, unpainted. The 



tail serves as a moutli- 

 piece,asis usual in bird- 

 sha])ed whistles, and 

 there are two sound 

 holes, one on eacb side 

 of the breast. The 

 neck is pierced for sus- 

 p en si on. Its three 

 notes are as follows: 



^ ^£ £ 



± r - I I 



Fig. 259. 



POTTBEY WHISTLE— BIRD-SHAPED. 



Frout aud profile. 

 Ometeiie Island, Nicaragua. 



Cat. No. i?375'.l, U.S.N.M. Natural size. 



t^' •• o» OO 



S[)ecimen, Cat. Xo. 

 480i;7 (U.S.N.M.), from 

 Zapatera Island, Lake 

 Nicaragua, was received 

 from Dr. Earl Flint. Ft 



is a small bird-shaped wbistle of polished black ware, with one sound 



hole in the breast. Its two notes are as follows: 



^- 



ti 



£ 



Specimen, Cat. No. 17203G (U.S.N.M.), from Alta Gracia, Nicaragua, 

 is a whistle of black polished ware in the form of a sphere. There are 

 two sound holes, and the decorations are in relief. The mouthpiece is 

 missing. Eeceived from the Government of Nicaragua. 



Specimen, Cat. No. 172035 (U.S.N.M.) is a whistle from the same 

 locality, of the same material, and formed by uniting two spheres. 

 Mutilated. Eeceived from the Government of Nicaragua. 



Fig. '2(!0 represents a capricious piece from Moyogalpa that was evi- 

 dently intended for a whistle, although it is so much mutilated that no 

 sounds can be obtained. It is formed of three spheres arranged trian- 



' In nil of the instruments "with two sound, holes, unless otherwise stated, the tone 

 or note is the same, no matter which hole is stopped. 



