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  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 
  Baldwansville, 
  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 
  

  

  