FEWKEs] ARCHEOLOGICAL OBJECTS 119 



The specimen figured a« e uaturall}- falls into the third group, or 

 those with bird heads. This specimen is described by Professor Mason 

 as follows: 



A dark specimen of volcanic material. The head resembles that, of a parrot. The 

 furrows are broad and shallow. The left side is full, the bottom slightly elevated 

 and hollow. Length 6.3, width 2.55, height 2.95 inches. 



Specimen d has a monkey-shaped head with prominent forehead, 

 but no frontal ridge; ej'es shallow; ears obscureh' indicated. This 

 rudely made image may belong to either the first or the second group. 



Plate XLiii, a, represents one of the most instructive of the Porto 

 Rican three-pointed stones of the first type. The general .shape of the 

 head is reptilian; eyes lateral; mouth extending backward; nostrils 

 mounted on prominent tubercles. 



The legs of the specimen shown in figure 19 somewhat resemble 

 flippers, but the head is human. The legs are so cut on the posterior 

 point as to impart to that region the form of a head, well brought out 

 in the figure. The exceptional feature of this object is the anterior legs 

 cut in relief, one on each 

 side of the conical projec- 

 tion, the toes extending 

 forward. There is at the 

 shoulder of each anterior 

 leg an oval depression 

 corresponding in posi- 

 tion to the pits some- 

 times found in the sides 

 of the conical projection. 

 This specimen was pre- 

 sented to the Smithsonian Institution by ^Ir Zollev, of the Aguirre 

 Central, Porto Rico, having been plowed up in a cane field near Sali- 

 nas with the other two elsewhere figured and described. 



Specimen h, plate xliii, represents another bird, much more care- 

 fully made than usual. Its surface is smooth, the rock admitting of 

 a fine polish. Head and legs are cut in relief and there is a circular 

 pit on each side of the conical projection near the base. The well- 

 defined bird's head has a long curved beak, lateral eyes, but no frontal 

 band or ridge. The raised area at the side of the beak and head is 

 peculiar to this specimen, but may be the same as the triangular raised 

 areas identified as wings in figure 20. The legs are well cut and more 

 extended than in many specimens. 



The object figured as h is thus described by Professor Mason: 



This sjjecimen is of a light-bluish material. The head and breast of an albatross 

 replace the human head. On either side of the breast and on either side of the 

 front of the mamma is a cup-cutting. The furrows at the base of the mamma in the 

 front and rear are wide and deep. The bottom is warped up and hollowed out. 

 Length 11.95, width 4.5, height 4.9 inches. 



ret f ointed stone of first type 



