POLISHED STONE ARTICLES USED BY THE NEW YORK ABORIGINES 5Q 



Valley, Tioga County. There are small projecting ears and the tail 

 comes to a point, as in some others of this general form and ma- 

 terial. Two views are given of it.' This form is highly polished, 

 and the basal perforations are not always completely enclosed. 

 They have also, as a rule, a slight transverse ridge, in which the per- 

 foration is made. 



Fig. 142 is from Elbridge, and of green striped slate. It is quite 

 depressed, and the tail is but one inch high, the length being four 

 and one half inches. The large ears have but a small projection, 

 and the general form is narrow. Fig. 143 is from Cayuga County, 

 and is of the same material. It is somewhat depressed, and has a 

 very long and pointed head. The dimensions are five by one and 

 three fourths inches high. Many from that vicinity are depressed. 



Fig. 144 comes from near the Seneca River, and is of the same 

 slate. It is three and three eighths long by one and three eighths 

 inches high, and has no ears. Fig. 145 is from Brewerton, where 

 many have been found. It is quite thick and heavy, making a 

 strong contrast with the last. The material is a grey striped slate, 

 and the ears are small. It is five and five eighths inches long. " 



Fig. 146 is a very curious and fine bird amulet from the Seneca 

 River, four and one half inches long by one and three fourths wide, 

 made of a mottled dark stone, grey and yellow, hard and highly 

 polished. The ears project to an unusual extent, and the forward 

 perforation is not entirely closed. It closely resembles one from 

 Grand Rapids, Michigan, in form and material, but has a more ex- 

 panded tail. In fact it may be considered the finest example of this 

 class of amulets yet found. 



A few others may be briefly described, without illustrations. One 

 of green striped slate, from Baldwinsville, has no ears, and is four 

 and one fourth long by one and three fourths inches high, which 

 is about the average size. The tail varies much in angle and height, 

 in the several specimens, and the head is as variable in form and 

 length. 



One of brown striped slate, found a few miles south of the Seneca 

 River, has no ears and is much depressed. It is five inches long 

 and two and one fourth high. Another of brown slate, from Cayuga 



