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The jYafuraLititti’ Compaitivn. 
slopes of the hills are literally full of 
decayed Indian bones. Thousands of 
decayed skulls and bones have been 
ploughed up in the vicinity of that fort, 
hence I conclude, as do many archaeol¬ 
ogists, that there has been a great tight 
waged there; the fort itself explains 
that. 
But to return to the new kinds or ar¬ 
rowheads. There are, as was said, 
more than two kinds of war points. 
Thei-e is a war point found in Fort An¬ 
cient that has straight sides and then 
a dro[) of a sharj) angle to a point. This 
kind is rare. There is found in the 
southern part of this state [Ohio] an 
arrowhead, evidentally made to be us¬ 
ed in war, which is verv long and slen¬ 
der and is sometimes taken for a drill. 
Perhaps one of the rarest and pi-etti- 
est of all the hint implements we hnd 
is the curved hsh si)ear. It is seldom 
found less than three inches in length, 
and generally four inches or over. Some 
times the under side is perfectly smooth, 
all the chipping and work having been 
done on the outside, while in others it 
is chipped on both sides, and in all of 
them there is quite a perceptible curve. 
I have been told by a number of col¬ 
lectors that these spears were fastenen- 
ed to a short stick. The Indian, by 
long i)ractice, would become so i)erfect 
in the handling and throwing of this 
s[)ear that he could stand on the bank 
of a stream and seeing a large hsh fai- 
out, sa_y a hundred feet from shore, 
throw his spear down into the water 
l)efore him and so direct it that it 
would describe a curve and rise under 
the hsh, striking it on the stomach. I 
was inclined to laugh at this theory, 
but after some practice with one of these 
curved spears I found that I could 
throw it with quite a little accuracy, 
and then I believed the statement. 
The top-barbed arrowhead is rather 
a peculiar form. What a barb was put 
on the top of an arrovvhead, otherwise 
than to hold it when lashed to the shaft 
and from slipping backwards when 
striking an object, I could never find 
out. The most complicated and curi¬ 
ous arrowhead I have seen had a deep 
notch or barb in the top, notches or 
barbs in the sides, and a long tine point. 
It was indeed a curiosity. 
Birds of Green County, Pennsyl¬ 
vania. 
BY J. W. JACOBS, WAYNESBURG, PA. 
Continued from JVb. 4, Vol. 11. 
41.— Purus Black-capped 
Chickadee. Kesident and abundant; 
breeds. 
51.— Sitta carolinensis, White-bellied 
Nuthatch. Kesident; breeds. . 
Go.— Troglodytes aedon^ House Wren. 
Common, summer resident; breeds. 
Arrives in April, and occasionally 
wi uteri ng. 
7 4.— Mniotilta wWa, B1 a c k - an d - w h i te 
Creeper. Migrant. Common in spring 
and fall. 
93.— Dendroeca cestiva, Summer Yel- 
lowbird. Ai)undant summer resident; 
breeds. Arrives in April and departs 
in September. 
99.— Dendi'oeca pennsylvanica, Chest¬ 
nut-sided Warbler. Summer resident; 
breeds. Arrives early in May and de¬ 
parts in September. 
117.— Sii'us motacilla, Large-billed 
Water thrush. Bare summer resident; 
breeds. Aset of live eggs were taken 
in ^lay, 1889, when the birds immedi¬ 
ately built another nest and reared a 
brood of six. 
122.— Geothlypis irichas, Maryland 
