A Description of That Curious Natural Machine, the Wood-Peckers Tongue, etcBy Richard Waller Esq; Late Secretary to the Royal Society . lons are remarkable. FIGURE FIGURE rhe Sefetitk A, The Oefiph^m. B. The iMgiuvies or Crop, partly Mufculous, andlined wich a Glanduious Coat^ • This I found quue filledwith foail black Pifmires; as alfo C Tim Femrkdm or Gizzard, which joyned clofe toihe,/#^/«wVi\ £ i. d. The loteilioes nearly, o! the fame bigncfs forthe whole Length*- i. The beginning of the RiBum* fl ThQ Pancreas. FIGURE the Eighth, Om of. the middle pair of Feathers of the Tail, inwhich the
A Description of That Curious Natural Machine, the Wood-Peckers Tongue, etcBy Richard Waller Esq; Late Secretary to the Royal Society . lons are remarkable. FIGURE FIGURE rhe Sefetitk A, The Oefiph^m. B. The iMgiuvies or Crop, partly Mufculous, andlined wich a Glanduious Coat^ • This I found quue filledwith foail black Pifmires; as alfo C Tim Femrkdm or Gizzard, which joyned clofe toihe,/#^/«wVi\ £ i. d. The loteilioes nearly, o! the fame bigncfs forthe whole Length*- i. The beginning of the RiBum* fl ThQ Pancreas. FIGURE the Eighth, Om of. the middle pair of Feathers of the Tail, inwhich the great Strength of the Quiii for fo fmall af eacher, and its bifurcate End, are very remarkable. FIGURE the Ninth. The Roof of the Mouth, wheretis obfervable, thatthe Rima or PalEge for the Air to the Noilrils, is befeton each fide wiih a Row of lo or iz little fharp Teeth,with their Points ftanding inwards, towards the rake ihe Prey from the end of the Tongue whofeBarbs or Prickles are moveable, and are to keep it out of the Beak again with the Tongue^ andfrom hence it is coiweyi^d to the Swallow. Ill Tk. >r
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