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ARCHEOLOGY OF MIMIlRIiS VALLEY EKVVKES 



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design on the body, although rectangular, has incurved sides and is 

 covered with cross lines suggesting a net. Us neck is girt by four 

 rings, head small, without feathers, eye minute, bill comparativeh^ 

 long and pointed recalling that of a snipe which is also suggested by 

 long legs and in a measure by the form of the tail. 



This bird is undoubtedly a(iuatic, as indicated by the figure of a tish 

 which it appears to be on the point of capturing or devouring. 



Bird F. — ^The bird shown in plate 4, figure 2, is different from any 

 of the above and is distinguished readily by the four curved lines on 

 the head suggesting the quail. The pointed tail is marked above and 

 below with dentations, formed by a series of rectangular figures which 



Fig. 26. — Bird G. Oldtown Ruin. ( Osborn collection.") Diam. 10'' 



diminish in size from body attachment to tij). The body itself is 

 marked posteriorly with parallel lines, rectangular and curved figures 

 suggesting wings. 



The bowl (fig. 26) has three animals figured upon it forming a 

 graceful combination. The most striking represents a long-billed 

 bird with one wing notched on the inner margin. The tail of this bird 

 is differently drawn from any of the other birds in the collection and 

 has representations of six feathers. In front of this bird, with the 

 point of the snout at the tip of the bill of the bird, is a lizard-shaped 

 head covered with scales and two round eyes. The other remarkable 

 figure also has extended forelegs, but the body is so broken that 

 identification is quite impossible. Like the figure of the lizard, it also 

 has a lozenge head and two eyes. The geometrical designs on the 

 body are characteristic. 



