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Originally Posted by David
Well, i don't have Elgood's book, but i did look over a lot of Google images under "garuda" and didn't really find anything that looks like this. I see what you think are wings and i suppose they might well be, but i don't really see anything else that is bird-like about this figure. 
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Just thought to pop in again with another reference about the Garuda; page 64 of Asiatic Mythology by J.Hackin and others, I quote;
"In India the Garuda gradually assumed a human shape, retaining nothing of the bird of prey but the wings and the beak turned into a hooked nose"
Gav