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those of some other bii-d figures that there can be little doubt of their 

 homology. In the same inclosnre in whir-h the bird is depicted there 

 is also a figure of a dragon fly, and outside the inclosure is a picture 

 of another bird. This is one of the most interesting avian pictures 

 from Four-mile ruin. The representation of tail feathers by parallel 

 linos in this figure is corroborative of the same interpretation of 

 parallel lines elsewhere shown on ancient Pueblo pottery. The 

 form of the head and the long curved beak is common in several 

 other pictures of birds, and an effigy vase with beak of a like 

 structure is described from Chevlon ruin in the report of the 

 expedition of 1806. 



Fio. 94. Bird desiern on food liowl from Four-mile ruin i mimbtr 17717.31. 



A very highly conventionalized bird figure is shown in figure 94, 

 where the different parts are represented by geometrical lines. 



BUTTERFLY FIGURES 



A large and beautiful food bowl of red ware (plate xxv b) found 

 at Four-mile ruin, had an unusual design representing a moth or but- 

 terfly, i>robably the latter, depicted on one segment of the interior. 

 In this design (figure 95) two ej-es are represented on one side of the 

 head, there is a coiled antenna, and the body and the border of the 

 wings are marked with rows of dots. These dots are common fea- 

 tures in butterfly figures, as may be seen in modern drawings of this 

 insect among the Hopis. 



