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Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (1904)

Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology, Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum · leaf 351

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rd. What appearsto be a crest is seen on the head of the bird in PL 19, fig. 4.The black coloring and the shape of the bill otherwise suggestthe black vulture, though perhaps the crest would indicatethe harpy eagle. Similarly, PI. 19, fig. 14, is provided witha sort of tuft or crest, but its… … Fig. 2.IOTTERY WHISTLE, VILTURE. ULOA VALLEY, HONDURAS. in the drawings, with the heavy l^eak. The absence of therostral knob would preclude its being a king vulture. It is natural that this bird should find an importantplace in the Maya writing, as it is an abundant species in theregion…

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