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As a class they belong to the St. Lawrence basin and the region 

 of the great lakes, but seem most abundant north and south of Lake 

 Erie. In New York they are most frequent for a few miles south of 

 Lake Ontario, specially near the Seneca River and the larger lakes 

 connected with it. They are found on Lake Champlain aiso, sev- 

 eral coming from the vicinity of Plattsburg. Two came from Wash- 

 ington County, one of which has an expanded body and prominent 

 ears, and is made of slate. LTsually this material is confined to the 

 narrower forms. This one is four inches long and one and one half 

 high. The other, of the same material, is of a different form, and 

 shorter and higher. The dimensions are three and one half by two 

 inches. 



Fig. 135 is a remarkably fine bird amulet of green striped slate, 

 the longest we have seen from New York, but reduced in the illus- 

 tration. It is nine and seven eighths inches from tip to tip, and of 

 moderate height and thickness. It was found at Dexter, near the 

 mouth of the Black River, and although in three pieces was not 

 otherwise defaced. The back is sharp, and it has projecting ears 

 and a long neck. The head ends squarely. Another, from the 

 same county, is also large, being eight and five eighths inches long 

 by two high. It has no projecting ears. 



Fig. 136 is from Dresden, on Seneca Lake, and is of green striped 

 slate. The ears are unusually small. It is a fine article, and is 

 three and one half long by one and one half inches high. Fig. 137 

 is of the same material, but is much depressed. The sloping tail 

 expands to three inches in width. This is from Jefferson County, 

 and the length is six and one eighth inches. 



Fig. 139 is also of green striped slate, from the Seneca River, and 

 is three and one fourth inches in length. There are no ears, but 

 along the edges are 91 notches. This feature often appears, but 

 not to this extent. Fig. 140 is of trap rock, and comes from Clinton 

 County. It is rude, depressed, and has small ears. The general 

 form is quite straight, but the tail is slightly raised. It is more sug- 

 gestive of the Zuni amulets than most forms. The dimensions are 

 six and seven eighths long by one and one half inches high. 



Fig. 141 is a broad form of mottled stone, three and three eighths 

 long by one and three fourths inches high. It comes from Newark 



