Figs. 1, 2, and 3, Plate XLIX, illustrate a group of small, delicate, ladle-shaped pendants. The perforation for suspension is at the upper end of the handle and the body has an oval or circular perforation, which is often so enlarged as to leave only a narrow ring, like the rim of an eyeglass. The specimen shown in Fig. 3 has two lobes, with a large perforation or opening in each. In one instance the handle is quite wide at the upper end and ornamented by two deep lateral notches. The edges of these specimens are nearly always adorned with notches or crossed lines. All are fashioned from the _Haliotis_, and although considerably stained are still well enough preserved to show the pearly lusters of that shell. Circular and oval disks are also numerous and vary much in finish; some have a great number of perforations or indentations, and nearly all are neatly notched around the margins. Examples are given in Figs. 4 and 5. The national collection contains a number of rings and pieces of rings made from the valves of a large clam, probably a _Pectunculus_, one example of which is shewn in Fig. 6. The convex back of the shell is ground off until a marginal ring only remains. A perforation is made near the angle of the beak. The shell is from the California coast, but the rings were collected mostly if not entirely from Arizona and New Mexico. It is not impossible that the tribes of the interior procured these articles from white traders, as they are known to have secured other shell ornaments in this way. The natives of the California coast were not slow in taking advantage of natural forms to aid their art or to save labor. The shells of the _Fissurellidæ_ as well as of the _Haliotidæ_ have been in great favor. They have been used as beads and pendants in their natural state or the natural perforations have been enlarged until only a ring has been left, or the margin and sides have been ground down until nothing of the original form or surface remained. Two of these forms are shown in Figs. 7 and 8. They are from graves on San Miguel Island, and are made from the _Lucupina crenulata_; others come from Santa Cruz Island; and probably also from the adjoining islands as well as from the main-land. Rings are also made from other shells. Examples made from the _Acmæa mitra_ and _Cyprea spadicea_ are shown in Figs. 9, 10, and 11. They come from San Miguel. [Illustration: PL. XLIX--PLAIN PENDANTS--PACIFIC COAST FORMS. (1/1)] PERFORATED PLATES.