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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  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 
  also, 
  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. 
  Usually 
  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 
  gf 
  

   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 
  isi 
  a 
  fine 
  article, 
  and 
  is 
  

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

   is 
  of 
  the 
  sam'e 
  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 
  thfee 
  eighths 
  

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

  

  