6*50 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



Another specimen, 211, striped slate, from a mouud iu Ohio, much 

 larger and longer, not drilled lengthwise, but diagonally across the 

 corners, may have served the same purpose of ornament, as likewise 

 212, which is of fine-grained argillaceous sandstone, from Kentucky. 



Fig. 24. 

 PlEECED TAHLETS AND BOAT STIAPED ARTICLES (J). 



Pencl(mts.—^o. 205 is of trap rock; 206 a flat sandstone pebble, from 

 Rhode Island ; 207, same, from Pennsylvania; 208, same, Virginia; 209, 

 argillaceous slate from a mound in Ohio, where it was found lying near 

 the neck of a skeleton. 



Bird-shaped ohjccfs. — Though this name has been given to numerous 

 relics from their general resemblance to birds, their shapes are so vari- 

 ous as to leave the design often uncertain. Some specimens more re- 

 semble the fence lizard, and the eyes are frequently indicated by small, 

 round protuberances. The objects are generally of soft stone, such as 



