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head and an unusually long neck. Fig. 75 shows this. Fig. yj, 

 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 



