506 Construction of Ancient Mexican Terra-cotta [May, 
natural, Fig. 7 (Plate xvii1), D (two sharps), Fig. 8 (Plate xvi), 
and finally the intervals of the scale of A (four flats), Fig. 9 
(Plate xviii). 
That duplicates of these Aztec pipes of terra-cotta exist (in the 
Poinsett collection of Mexican antiquities) which are pitched in 
like keys, has been proven beyond a doubt, viz., three duplicates 
of the octave or No. 8 pipe (scale of E flat), two of No. 9, two of 
No. 5 pipes. It is certainly an interesting fact that in a collection 
of sixteen pitch-pipes, seven out of this number correspond with 
one another. This sameness of pitch cannot therefore be attributed 
to an accidental similarity of musical sounds. 
Terra-cotta pitch-pipes, similar to those shown in Figs. 1 and § 
(Plate xv1), which were excavated in 1852 from an ancient tomb 
near Vera Cruz, by the late Professor Charles H. Budd, are pitched 
in like tones to Nos. 8 and g in the Poinsett collection. 
The Indians of the present day, in various parts of Mexico, 
manufacture whistles of an inferior kind, which do not, however, 
in any way approach the ingenious clay-reed pipes of their ances: 
tors, either in construction, tone or decoration, still there is an : 
innate love for music among the descendants of the old Nahua- 
talac and Maya races, which has frequently been commented upon 
by travelers. Dr. Habel’s learned article entitled “ Archao- 
logical investigations in Central and South America,” published | 
by the Smithsonian Institution in their Contributions to Knowl- 
edge, page 45, speaking of the South American Indians, ee | 
that he found the pipe the only national instrument. It 8 
various dimensions, and almost every traveling Indian has one at 
hand, piping while he walks on the road or in the market. 
Whistles fashioned like birds, animals and monsters of oe 
tesque shape are quite numerous in the cemeteries of peor 
and Central America. They generally emit shrill sounds, wht 
Mr. Barber, in his valuable article on “ Indian Music,” has mt 
pared to a peculiar noise like the escape of steam (Anne : P 
Naturatist of March, 1883). Others examined by the m s 
this article give harsh sounds when blown into forcibly, a 
like the chatterings of macaws and parrots. They 
: i ; ig, 10 T (Plate 
modeled in three pieces, viz., the mouth-tube, Fig. oi 
xvu) and Fig, 1 T (Plate xvi) The body, wha = 
ingenious in construction, and bears an importa parts 
the production of the sound emitted, is made in two 
