rEwkus] THE RUIN, SIKYATKI 945 
last design, the parallel lines representing the bird’s tail are really 
seen. The design shown in figure 66 is still more elaborate than the 
last, especially in the anterior semicircle,’ opposite that in which 
the tail feathers are depicted. 
Fic. 67.—Conyentionalized bird form Fig. 68.—Conventionalized bird form 
hanging from sky-band; top view. hanging from sky-band; top view. 
The portion of the design situated in the anterior semicircle of 
figure 67 has no resemblance to a bird’s head, being destitute of eyes 
or beak. The backward extending appendages on each side of the 
tail and the tail itself has a projection on each side. 
In figure 68 the whole anterior 
part of the design above the sky- 
band is colored, the head appear- 
ing as a still darker semicircle. 
The tail feathers are here reduced 
to simple parallel lines.. The gen- 
eral form of figure 69 is birdlike, 
but its affinity to the bird figures, 
pendent from a sky-band, is closer 
than to any others. The homolo- 
gous parts—tail feathers, lateral 
body extensions, sky-band, and 
- head—may be readily recognized ; 
Fie. 69—Conyentionalized bird form the last mentioned is an orna- 
AGDeine em Bey band, top yey: mented rectangle. The whole an- 
terior hemisphere of this design is occupied by representations of 
feathers arranged in two clusters, while in the surrounding area their 
triple lines are crossed similarly to that occurring in other hanging 
bird figures. It is but a step from this figure to the group of unat- 
tached bird designs already considered. 
1For convenience this may be designated the anterior in distinction to that on the 
other side of the sky-band which may be termed the posterior semicircle. 
