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however, has been taken off from the longer point and if the 

 specimen had been abraded to eliminate this chip it would have 

 been fairly symmetrical. The centrum is well formed but on one 

 side the central line is not correctly opposed to that of the other 

 side. A most interesting feature is that the wings are placed at an 

 opposite slant as if each had been grasped in the hand, the upper 

 and shorter one being twisted to the right and the lower to the 

 left, somewhat after the fashion of propeller blades. No attempt 

 has been made to start a perforation. This specimen is from 

 Schoharie county, but no detailed location is mentioned in the 

 catalog. 



Specimen C-25045 is composed of picked mica schist and has 

 well-defined wings, though they are somewhat thick. The socket 

 is well outlined on either side and the perforation has been indi- 

 cated both at the top and bottom by slight concavities picked in. 

 The drilling process has not yet started and there is no indication 

 of surface polishing. This specimen is from site no. 38, explored 

 by Mr Fred H. Crofoot. 



A broken specimen similar in the stage of process was found by 

 Mr Forest Ryder at Coxsackie, N. Y. The material seems to be 

 decomposed granite. The centrum is well defined and on either 

 side has been flattened in order that perforation may be started. 

 The specimen is not polished, but still bears the marks ,of the 

 abrading process. (Mus. 32871). 



Specimen C-21154 is a heavy bulbous and bilobate banner stone 

 from the Abel farm in the Genesee valley and was found by Mr 

 Fred H. Crofoot. Like all specimens of unfinished banner stones 

 in the State Museum, this one is drilled in the central portion, at 

 the wider portion of the stone. The perforation continues nearly 

 half the depth of the stone and is exceedingly smooth. It appears 

 not to be a tubular drill hole. There is a depression on the under 

 side, but no drilling has been attempted there. A portion of the 

 surface of the stone has been polished and it is thought that the 

 specimen was intended to be used approximately in its present 

 form. The weight is 26 ounces. 



A very fine specimen of picked sandstone banner stone of incom- 

 plete form was collected by Prof. D. F, Thompson at Hoosick 

 Falls, N. Y. (T-29792). The centrum is especially large at the 

 upcurved end and probably the picking process has not been com- 

 pleted. The specimen shows no signs of polishing, but a perfora- 

 tion nine-sixteenths of an inch in diameter has been started, the 

 broken portion of the drill core being visible at the bottom of the 



