ANIMAL FIGURES IN THE MAYA CODICES 295 



In the inscriptions glyphs frequently occur which represent 

 animals either showing the whole body or simply the head. In 

 the eastern fa9ade of the Monjas at Chichen Itza there are glyphs 

 for both the king and the black vulture and the peccary. The 

 macaw and the turtle seem also to be represented by glyphs in 

 the inscriptions. The Tun period glyph shows vulture-hke 

 characteristics and the Uinal period glyph certainly resembles 

 the hzard. The glyphs representing the various animal offer- 

 ings have already been discussed under a special heading(p. 289). 



