A Description of That Curious Natural Machine, the Wood-Peckers Tongue, etcBy Richard Waller Esq; Late Secretary to the Royal Society . feen by the de-fcriptions of my Figures. In the Hiftory of the AcdJemie Roy ale des Sciences ^publiflid in Latin by Monf. dn Hamel, 1698. Lib. 4,Caf^ 5. There is another Defcription of this admirableContrivance of Nature, by MonC Mery^ read at a Meet-ing of l\\Q Academies November 16, 1695. In this he differs from both Per auk and Bcrelll, ta-king the Horny End and Bone to which it is joined, to beonly the Tongue properly fo called, and that the nexttwo Bones
A Description of That Curious Natural Machine, the Wood-Peckers Tongue, etcBy Richard Waller Esq; Late Secretary to the Royal Society . feen by the de-fcriptions of my Figures. In the Hiftory of the AcdJemie Roy ale des Sciences ^publiflid in Latin by Monf. dn Hamel, 1698. Lib. 4,Caf^ 5. There is another Defcription of this admirableContrivance of Nature, by MonC Mery^ read at a Meet-ing of l\\Q Academies November 16, 1695. In this he differs from both Per auk and Bcrelll, ta-king the Horny End and Bone to which it is joined, to beonly the Tongue properly fo called, and that the nexttwo Bones anfwer the Hyoides with the long Cartilagesannexed to them. But even m this he feems to me notto be fo clear; confounding, aslapprehend, thetwo Boneswith the Cartilages. He defcribes the Fagma, in whichthe Bones and part of the Cartilages are encompafled,and which is faftned to the Horny end, and is protru*ded and drawn back with the Tongue: lie takes noticeof the little fliarp Points or Prickles on the Horny Partbeing moveable, and with their Points bending towardsthe Throat; but I apprehend \t is a Miftake to make the ^ Mucousphiltrans04513022. 9
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