Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)

by George E. Lankford

The key characteristics, at least in distinguishing these two birds from each other, are the jagged feather crest and the hooked beak. The resemblance to the naturalistic class of raptorial birds has long suggested the name “Raptor.”