Part 14

PLATE 15

AVES

HERONS[TN-21] FRIGATE BIRD

1. Heron, stucco ornament, Palenque, Palace, House B (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 18). 2. Heron head-dress, Chichen Itza, Temple of the Tigers, Lower Chamber (Maudslay, III, Pl. 45). 3. Head and neck of a heron, Dresden 37b. 4. Heron, Nuttall 74. 5. Heron with fish, Palenque, Temple of the Cross, West side panel (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 71). 6. Heron[TN-22] 7. Heron with a fish as a head-dress, Dresden 36a. 8. Fork-tailed bird, probably a Frigate bird (Fregata aquila), Tro-Cortesianus 34a. 9. Same, arranged for offering, Dresden 35a.

PLATE 16

AVES

OCELLATED TURKEY (Agriocharis ocellata)

1. Turkey in trap, Tro-Cortesianus 93a. 2. Turkey, Tro-Cortesianus 10b. 3. Turkey snared, Tro-Cortesianus 91a. 4. Tro-Cortesianus 4a. 5. Tro-Cortesianus 95c. 6. Tro-Cortesianus 37b. 7. Vaticanus 3773, 14. 8. Tro-Cortesianus 36a. 9. Whole turkey as offering, Dresden 26c. 10. Head of turkey as offering, Dresden 34a. 11. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 12b. 12. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 105b. 13. Dresden 20a. 14. Head of turkey as offering, Dresden 41c. 15. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 107b. 16. Same, Dresden 29c. 17. Same, Dresden 28c.

PLATE 17

AVES

KING VULTURE (Sarcorhamphus papa)

1. Tro-Cortesianus 67a. 2. Tro-Cortesianus 22c. 3. God with head of King Vulture, Dresden 19a. 4. King Vulture and Ocellated Turkey, Tro-Cortesianus 85a. 5. Glyph, showing head, Dresden 39c. 6. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 107c. 7. Same, Dresden 38b. 8. Same. 9. King Vulture, tearing out entrails of deer, Tro-Cortesianus 40a. 10. Tun period glyph (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 89). 11. Tro-Cortesianus 94c. 12. Tro-Cortesianus 26c. 13. Glyph, Chichen Itza, Monjas, east (Maudslay, III, Pl. 13).

PLATE 18

AVES.

KING VULTURE (Sarcorhamphus papa), BLACK VULTURE (Catharista urubu)

1. Glyph of head of King Vulture, Dresden 11b. 2. Glyph for Nahua day sign, Cozcaquauhtli, Nuttall 5. 3. Same as fig. 2, Nuttall 41. 4. Same as fig. 2, Nuttall 5. 5. Same as fig. 2, Nuttall 4. 6. Same as fig. 2, showing considerable conventionalization. Nuttall 2. 7. Same as fig. 2, Nuttall 3. 8. Same as fig[TN-23] 2, further reduced, Nuttall 18. 9. Same as fig. 2, Nuttall 3. 10. Same as fig. 2, Nuttall 20. 11. Probably a Black Vulture, Tro-Cortesianus 95c. 12. Black Vulture, Tro-Cortesianus 70a. 13. Same, Dresden 17b. 14. Possibly a Black Vulture, Chichen Itza, Monjas, east (Maudslay, III, Pl. 13). 15. Head of Black Vulture, Nuttall 32. 16. Glyph of head of same, Dresden 54b. 17. Black Vulture, Tro-Cortesianus 36b. 18. Head of same, Tro-Cortesianus 26c. 19. Same, Dresden 39c. 20. Same, Nuttall 19. 21. Same, Nuttall 34. 22. Same, Dresden 37c. 23. Same, Nuttall 27. 24. Same, Nuttall 1. 25. Same, Nuttall 34. 26. Same, Nuttall 9. 27. Same, Tro-Cortesianus 19b.

PLATE 19

AVES.

VULTURES

1. Vulture (probably a King Vulture) tearing at entrails of an animal, Tro-Cortesianus 42a. 2. Nuttall 69. 3. Nuttall 74. 4. Possibly a Black Vulture, Tro-Cortesianus 35b. 5. Tro-Cortesianus 26d. 6. Tro-Cortesianus 26d. 7. Dresden 3a. 8. Glyph, Copan (Maudslay, I, Pl. 16). 9. Glyph, Copan, Altar K (Maudslay, I, gl. 73). 10. Glyph, Tikal, House 9 (Maudslay, III, Pl. 79). 11. Black Vulture and snake, Dresden 36b. 12. Probably vultures, Tro-Cortesianus 100b. 13. Probably a vulture, Tro-Cortesianus 18b. 14. Same, Temple of the Tigers, Lower Chamber, Chichen Itza (Maudslay, III, Pl. 46).

PLATE 20

AVES

HARPY EAGLE (Thrasaetos harpyia)

1. Glyph, Copan (Maudslay, I, Pl. 16, gl. 3). 2. Nuttall 53. 3. Glyph, Copan (Maudslay, I, Pl. 16, gl. 13). 4. Tro-Cortesianus 88c. 5. Part of a head-dress, Dresden 14c. 6. Peresianus 2. 7. Dresden 14b. 8. Eagle with crest feathers tipped by flints, Nuttall[TN-24] 9. Glyph, Tro-Cortesianus 107c. 10. Stone carving, Chichen Itza (Maudslay, III, Pl. 52). 11. Dresden 23c. 12. Possibly an eagle's head, Dresden 43c. 13. Possibly an eagle, Dresden 74. 14. Bologna 7.

PLATE 21

AVES

YUCATAN HORNED OWL (Bubo virginianus mayensis)

1. Owl in flight, Stucco ornament, Palenque, Palace, House E (Maudslay, IV, Pl. 43). 2. Stone carving of owl, Yaxchilan, Stela 4 (Peabody Museum Memoirs, II, Pl. 70). 3. Owl in flight, carved in wood, Tikal, House C, lintel (Maudslay, III, Pl. 78).