Shantaks
"Other views shewed the gaunt grey peaks dividing Leng from Inganok, and the monstrous shantak-birds 1 that build nests on the ledges half way up. And they shewed likewise the curious caves near the very topmost pinnacles, and how even the boldest of the shantaks fly screaming away from them."
Fourth and fifth mention of the creature "Shantaks" in Lovecraft's "The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kodath.
1 Shantaks are creatures that resemble large scaled birds with heads of horses . Shantaks live in the moutains near to the Plateau of Leng, in Dreamlands.
The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia
Full Text of The Dream-Quest of the Unknown Kodath, H.P. Lovecraft
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