72 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 
H. Fischer’s work on Costa Rican artefacts of stone, referred to above, one of the 
ornithomorphie celts, reproduced in Fig. 70 and representing a highly convention- 
alized parrot, or other crested bird, (Compare Pl. XX XVII, and Pl. I, Fig. 6), has 
been placed in an horizontal position, and then identified as that of a whale. 
A number of ornithomorphic celts are briefly described in the following 
paragraphs: 
Bird-like celt of dark green bowenite. Length 10.4 cm., breadth 2.6 em. PI. 
XXXY, Fig. 5.) (Cat. Nor.) 
Celt having the shape of a parrot, made of serpentine, sculptured in the round. 
Length 6 cm., breadth 2.2cm. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 18. (Cat. No. 2332.) 
Ornithomorphic celt of unusual form, made of quartz (?). iLoxaih Oulencnns, 
breadth 3.3em. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 19. Cat. No. 2438.) 
Celt made of bowenite, having the figure of a bird, adorned with a necklace. 
Length 5.2 em., breadth 1.8¢m. Pl. XXXV, Fig. 20. (Cat. No. 3332.) 
Bird-like celt of gray stone. Length 12.7 cm., breadth 4.1 em. Pl. XXXV, 
ieee lee Cate Nose) 
Bird-like celt of serpentine. Length 5.5 cm., breadth 2.4 cm. Pl. XXXV, 
Fig. 22. (Cat: No. 477¢*. 
Bird-like celt of bluish-green jade. Length 5.5 cm., breadth 2.3 em. PI. 
LOOX Hic223. (Cats Nowa) 
Celt of bluish-green jade (?) having the form of a bird. Length 7.3 em., breadth 
Bue Gi Ie LOO, lng, A, (Cae, INO, 4353.) 
Celt of white felsite, parrot-like, with two heads, one above the other. Length 
14.9 em., ppreadth 3 cm. Pl. XXXVI, Fig. 1 (ide view); Fig. 2 (front view): 
(Cat. No. 2720°-) 
Celt of quartz (?), parrot-like. Length 15 cm., breadth 5 cm. Pl. XXXVI, 
Hicio-n (Cat. No: 2939) 
Celt of dark-green mottled jade, parrot-like. Length 14.8 ¢m., breadth 3.2 em. 
Pl. XXXVI, Fig. 4. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, No. 7853.) 
Celt of serpentine possibly representing an owl. Length 6.6 cm., breadth 3.2 
emie EE XOXGRGVArS Mist (Cate Nowe: 
Bird-like celt of green bowenite. Length 14.9 cm., breadth 2.6 em. Pl. 
NORV Abie Gr (Catee Noms.) 
a of serpentine, bird-like, double-headed, conventionalized. Length 14 cm., 
breadth 2.4 em. Pl: XXXVI, Fig. 7. (Cat. No. 2432.) 
Bird-like celt of light green mottled jade (parrot). Length 12.2 cm., breadth 2.4 
em. Pl. XXXVI, Fig. 8. (Nat. Mus. of Costa Rica, No. 7745.) 
