. The bird, its form and function . n musical instru-ments. Many s{)ecies of ducks have an enlarged box ofbone, a kind of drum, on the lower portion of the trachea,sometimes of one shai)e, sometimes of another, serving,doubtless, to give power to the birds voice. Cranes andswans have \eritable French horns in their \\indpipe enters between the arms of the claviclesor wisli-bone, and describes an S or even a more intricatefigure before passing out and dividing into the two l^ronchialtubes. AM ion a Trumpeter Swan stretches out its neckand utters a nnisical clang, most maligned
. The bird, its form and function . n musical instru-ments. Many s{)ecies of ducks have an enlarged box ofbone, a kind of drum, on the lower portion of the trachea,sometimes of one shai)e, sometimes of another, serving,doubtless, to give power to the birds voice. Cranes andswans have \eritable French horns in their \\indpipe enters between the arms of the claviclesor wisli-bone, and describes an S or even a more intricatefigure before passing out and dividing into the two l^ronchialtubes. AM ion a Trumpeter Swan stretches out its neckand utters a nnisical clang, most maligned by comparingit to a whoop, we should remember the cause of its mellow-ness. In th(^ majestic AMiooping Crane of our WesternStates, wliich in a few years will have vanished from theearth, the windings of the trachea reach their entire windpipe of this bird is four feet in length, andof this, one-half is coiled within the sternum, or breast-bone, giving remarkable volume and resonaney to thevoice. The Breath of a Bird 171. Fig. 130.—Breast-bone of Sandhill Crane.
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