. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. THE ALIMEXTAEY SYSTEM. 207 the tongue, supported by its " os hyoides " *, and behind the tongue is an opening, called the glottis, which leads into the windpipe and so into the lungs. Into the base and sides of the mouth open the spittle-glands or salivari/ (/lands, \Ahich are usually small and simple, but may, as in the Woodpecker, be considerably developed. Fiff. 'â â 'y,.i)>i â Viscera op the Fowl. a?, (Esophagus ; qy, crop ; pc, proveutriculus ; tf. gizzard ; I,
. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. THE ALIMEXTAEY SYSTEM. 207 the tongue, supported by its " os hyoides " *, and behind the tongue is an opening, called the glottis, which leads into the windpipe and so into the lungs. Into the base and sides of the mouth open the spittle-glands or salivari/ (/lands, \Ahich are usually small and simple, but may, as in the Woodpecker, be considerably developed. Fiff. 'â â 'y,.i)>i â Viscera op the Fowl. a?, (Esophagus ; qy, crop ; pc, proveutriculus ; tf. gizzard ; I, liver; ffb, gall- bladder ; p, pancreas ; d, loop of the duodenal part of the intestine enclosing the pancreas; si, small intestine ; li, large intestine ; c. ci^ea ; 0, oviduct; v, ureter.âThe cloaca is cut open, and some feathers are represented as attaclied to its margin. The foiir/ue may be of large size, and soft as in the Parrot; it may be a horny spine, as in the AVoodpecker. It may form t\\ o delicate tubes, side by side, as in the Humming-bird; it * See afife, p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London : R. H. Porter
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