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head and an unusually long neck. Fig. 75 shows this. Fig. 77, 
of dark purple, is from the McClure site near Canandaigua, and 
there are good examples in the fine collection of Raymond Dann, 
made just west of Honeoye Falls (N. Y.) The form is very frequent 
on Seneca sites, and purple shells were commonly employed. 
Distinct bird forms occur in shell, with some of a doubtful char- 
acter. Fig. 89 is of an owl in A. G. Richmond’s collection, and 
found near Canajoharie.. Fig. 72 is of a larger ornament in the 
collection of W. L. Hildburgh, of New York city. This is from 
the recent site at Oneida Valley, occupied after 1750, and may | 
have represented a flying bird. Fig. 91 is a fine owl from the 
Dann collection, and is ornamented with lines and dots. Though 
made mostly from one site, this collection is unequaled in New 
York in its array of articles of shell. Fig. 97 is a broken bird, or- 
namented with dots and lines, and is from the same site. After 
being broken at the neck it was drilled again for suspension, 
through the short diameter at the base. Fig. 92 is from the same 
collection and is much weathered. The details having been lost, 
it may possibly have been a mere pendant. Fig: 93 represents an 
intermediate form in this collection. It is much weathered, but has 
the usual perforation in the neck. Though of the class of orna- 
ments immediately following, it is less symmetric, and of unusual 
length and width. Fig. 90 is a very rare form from Venice (N. Y.), 
made from a bivalve shell. Fig. 94 is a fine expanded example 
from Canajoharie. Fig. 66, belonging to Mr Hildburgh, is a bird 
from Oneida Valley. 
Among the most common articles in bone and shell are those 
suggestive of birds, of slender form and with long necks and heads. 
They have a single lateral perforation through the neck, and are 
often broken at that place. While rarely plain, the ornaments are 
mere lines and dots, and the material is quite as often bone as shell. 
Fig. 218 is from Pompey and is the only one represented less than 
the actual size. Fig. 60 is a broken one from Munnsville, orna- 
mented with lines alone. Fig. 65 was found by W. W. Adams on 
the site of old Cayuga castle, with many others. This is purple, 
but they are usually white. Fig. 70 is a large and fine one of the 
same hue, and from the Sibley farm, Foxridge. A lateral view is 
