Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . In a (Stela I, Copan) the full front view is b (Stela H, Copan) the left-hand part is given in profile. In c (interior mural decoration, Palenque) both the centre and left-hand parts aregiven almost in profile. Up to the present no example has been found of the use of this ornament except inconnection with the head or mask having the four-lobed mark on its forehead, and it 52 COP AN. will probably prove of great assistance in identifying that particular dragon-like fi
Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America . In a (Stela I, Copan) the full front view is b (Stela H, Copan) the left-hand part is given in profile. In c (interior mural decoration, Palenque) both the centre and left-hand parts aregiven almost in profile. Up to the present no example has been found of the use of this ornament except inconnection with the head or mask having the four-lobed mark on its forehead, and it 52 COP AN. will probably prove of great assistance in identifying that particular dragon-like figureto which this head or mask pertains. It has already been figured before, on Plate IX. (b and c) as well as on Plates XII.,XIII. (b), and XV., where the symbols can be traced over the head of the dragon onthe east side of the sculptured doorway, although the design itself was not appreciatedwben the drawings on Plates IX. and XII. were made. In front of Stela H is an altar, shown on Plate LIV. (b). It is so much defaced thatthe design is almost entirely lost, but traces of four large faces carved on the sides
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