FEWKES] THE RUIN, SIKYATKI 235 
and other ceremonial paraphernalia among the Hopi priests of the 
present day. The white tips which characterize the tail feathers of 
the turkey originated, according to a Hopi legend, 
at the time when this bird dragged the end of 
its tail in the mud after a flood had subsided. 
The bird 
shown in 
Wyn figure 52 has 
Yffyyfp a curved, Fic. 51.—Lateral view 
of bird. 
elongated 
beak, a more or less angular 
body, two legs, and two small 
wings. The tail consists of 
three feathers? with character- 
istic projections. 
One of the best bird pictures 
on Sikyatki pottery is shown 
in figure 53. The body is somewhat triangular in shape and the 
wing is spread out, here shown above the back; the tail is provided 
with three feathers placed 
vertically instead of hori- 
zontally, and bent over at 
their ends into triangles, evi- 
dently owing to the lack of 
available space. The beak 
is characteristically curved ; 
the single eye is provided 
with a pupil. The long 
Fic. 52.—Profile of bird. 
Fic. 53.—Lateral view of bird with outspread 
wing. 
claws, single on each foot, suggest an eagle, 
hawk, or other raptorial bird. The spiral 
appendage to the under rim of the tail is 
of unknown meaning. 
The design shown in figure 54 is one of 
Fic. 54.—Lateral view of bird 
with twisted tail and wing 5 
feathers, ~ the most complex bird drawings found on 
Sikyatki pottery. The head is triangular, 
with an eye situated in the center, and the beak continued into a very 
large, elaborate fret. The body. is rhomboidal in shape, the upper 
portion being occupied by a patterned square. Rising above the 
1Tt is, of course, only a coincidence that so many of the Sikyatki bird designs have 
three tail feathers like Egyptian representations 
