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the jar. A number of parallel lines of unequal length, turned down- 

 ward, hang from the rear of the body and form the tail. The long 

 legs suggest a wading bird, and the widely extended claws point to 

 the same identification. 



Bird D. — One of the most instructive figures of birds occurs on a 

 bowl from Oldtown ruin. This bowl (fig. 24) is now owned by Mr. 

 E. D. Osborn, by whom it was found. The bird depicted on it is seen 

 from the back ; its wings are drooping, and parallel lines indicate 

 feathers. The legs, drawn backward, terminate in three toes, and the 

 tail, slightly bent to one side, is composed of several feathers. 



Fig. 24. — Bird D. 

 (Osborn collection.) 



Fig. 29. — Unidentified animal. Oldtown Ruin. 

 (Osborn collection.) 



The head is globular with two eyes on the back and a short pointed 

 beak. As in all other zoic figures the geometric figures on the back 

 of the body are the most characteristic. The middle of the body is 

 occupied by an oval design through which may be seen the perfora- 

 tion with which the bowl was killed. At one end there is a triangular 

 design with cross lines which extend partly over the oval figure 

 where, except at one point, they are obscure. 



Four quadrilateral designs are distributed at intervals around the 

 oval figure. Each of these has sides of about equal length and a dot 

 medially placed in a smaller figure contained in a larger. 



Bird E. — The bird shown in figure 25 ( p. 35) from the Osborn ruin 

 has a body form not unlike that of plate 4, figure i, but the geometric 



