A488 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
ignate wings. Inc, made of yellow quills on faded red bark, the head 
is shown with the wings and legs beneath, while in the two preced- 
ing figures the head takes the place of the bird’s body. d. Here is still 
more abbreviation, the body and legs being absent, leaving only the 
head and wings. This is made of neutral-tint quills on straw-yellow 
bark. 
Fig. 686 is a copy of a painting on a jar, probably of old Moki work, 
thus described in the manuscript catalogue of Mr. T. V. Keam: 
It is the “Rain bird” (Tci-zur), the upper portion surrounded by inclosing cloud 
symbols, arranged so us to convey the idea of the germinative sym- 
bol implying the generative power of rain. The crosshatching, 
still water, in the wings denotes rain water in volume. The body 
or tail of the bird divided into two tapering prolongations is a 
very common occurrence, Asa cloud emblem in the modern ware, 
the Tci-zur is not like the Um-tokina (Thunder-bird) in mythical 
creation, but is the comprehensive name used by the women for 
any small bird, Explained as a rain emblem by the fact that dur- 
ing seasons of sufficient rainfall flocks of small birds surround the 
villages and gardens, while during drought they take flight to the 
distant water courses. 
Fig. 687 is reproduced from Kingsborough (¢). 
It represents Ahuitzotl, which is the name of an 
aquatic animal famous in Mexican inythology. The 
conventional sign for water is connected with this 
animal which Dr. Brinton (c) calls a hedgehog. 
Fic. 687.—A huitzotl. 
Wiener (¢) gives acopy, here reproduced as the left-hand character in 
Fig. 685, of a bas-relief found at Cabana, Peru, representing a fabulous 
animal, a quadruped, the hair of which is floating and its tongue 
hanging out of the mouth and exding in serpents’ heads. One-sixth 
actual size. 
FiG. 688.—Peruvian fabuleus animals. 
The same author, loc. cit., gives a copy, now reproduced as the right- 
hand character in the same Fig. 688, of another bas-relief in granite 
found at Cabana, Peru, representing a fabulous animal, perhaps the 
alcoce, sitting like a dog. One-sixth natural size. 
