. A history of British birds . this stage the tongue is brought into play. Theanterior end of the hyoid has attached to it a narrow bonyprojection covered with horn (figs. 6, 7, ft), about threeeighths of an inch long, extending forwards and downwards,its sides curved upwards, and shaped at the tip like a scoop,while at the proximal end there are two small elongated pro- 206 FRlNGII-LlDiE. cesses, to each of which is attached a slender muscle (, 7, h) extending backwards to the glottis, and these musclesby their contraction extend and raise the scoop-like the articulation of
. A history of British birds . this stage the tongue is brought into play. Theanterior end of the hyoid has attached to it a narrow bonyprojection covered with horn (figs. 6, 7, ft), about threeeighths of an inch long, extending forwards and downwards,its sides curved upwards, and shaped at the tip like a scoop,while at the proximal end there are two small elongated pro- 206 FRlNGII-LlDiE. cesses, to each of which is attached a slender muscle (, 7, h) extending backwards to the glottis, and these musclesby their contraction extend and raise the scoop-like the articulation of this appendage is another smallmuscle (fig. 7, c) attached to its distal portion at oneextremity and at the other to the hyoid. This by its anta-gonism to the former muscles (h) bends the extremity down-wards and backwards, so that while the points of the billpress the scales from the cone, the tongue exserted by itsown genio-hyoid muscle directs the scoop under the seed,which being thereby dislodged is conveyed to the rASSERES. 207 FRINUIELIDJ:
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