. A history of British birds . ossess no truemuscles of the organ of voice, and no modulation of its singletone appears to be possessed by the bird. The illustrationinserted on the next page is a representation of part of theinside of this bird, with the figure-of-8-like convolutionsof its singular windpipe in the natural situation in front ofthe lungs; the insertion of the bronchiae into the lobe of the WHITE SPOONBILL. 243 lungs on each side is shown. In a young Spoonbill takenfrom the nest, and examined by Willughby in reference tothis particular structure which is said to have been firstno
. A history of British birds . ossess no truemuscles of the organ of voice, and no modulation of its singletone appears to be possessed by the bird. The illustrationinserted on the next page is a representation of part of theinside of this bird, with the figure-of-8-like convolutionsof its singular windpipe in the natural situation in front ofthe lungs; the insertion of the bronchiae into the lobe of the WHITE SPOONBILL. 243 lungs on each side is shown. In a young Spoonbill takenfrom the nest, and examined by Willughby in reference tothis particular structure which is said to have been firstnoticed by Aldrovandus, this peculiarity was not found; andas it has proved to be wanting in other immature examples(c/. Zool. 1880, p. 514), it would appear that this formationof the vocal organs (which is known to exist in old femalesas well as in old males), is, like the occipital crest, obtainedby neither sex till they have acquired a certain degree ofmaturity. The representation below is one-third less than thenatural 244 PPICENICOPTERIDiE. ODONTOGLOSS^. PH(ENICOPTERID^.
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