Identifier: ornithologynatur00rusc (find matches)
Title: Ornithology : the natural history of birds : third-book of natural history prepared for the use of schools and colleges
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895 Milne-Edwards, H. (Henri), 1800-1885 Comté, Achille, 1802-1866 Bartlett, C. E. H., Mrs., former owner. DSI Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978, former owner Dwight, Jonathan, 1858-1929, former owner. DSI Tucker, Marcia Brady, former owner. DSI Illinois. Wesleyan University, Bloomington. Buck Memorial Library, former owner. DSI
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Philadelphia : Turner & Fisher, publishers

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XPLANATION OF PLATE i. Fig, 1. Skeleton of a bird seen in profile—?ns, superior or upper man-dible—mi^ lower mandible—n, the nasal fossae—f, the tympanic bone—or.the orbit—ec, cervical vertebrse—vd^ dorsal vertebrs—q, vertebrEe of the tail—c, the ribs—ac, costal appendices—s, sternum—om, the scapula—cZ, theclavicle—h, the humerus—re, the radius and cubitus or ulna—j?, the thumb<f, the median finger—pd, rudiment of the thumb—i, the iliac bones,which form the pelvis—/, the femur—ti, tibia—;je, the fibula—ta, the tarsus—(Zi, the internal toe—dm, median toe—(?e, external toe—(Z/?, posterior toe. Fig. 2. The sternum and bones of the shoulder—s, the sternum—6, thebrisket or keel—c, the clavicles—co, the coracoid bone—o, the scapula—h,a part of the humerus. - Fig. 3. The head of a wood-pecker to show the position of the tongue, (Z,)and the horns of the hyoid bone (f), passing from below over the backpart of the head. Plate 1.
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Anatomy of Birds* EXPLANATION OF PLATE 2. Fig. 1. The thorax and abdomen of an Ostrich, opened to show the greatair cells which communicate directly with the lungs, and transmit the airto different parts of the body, t, the trachea or wind-pipe—6, the bronchiss—pp, the lungs, the greater part of which are concealed by the great aircells—c, c, c, c, air cells at the bottom of which may be perceived the open-ings of the bronchiae—e, other cells, wliich communicate with the precedingCO, the heart—g, the gizzard—i, the intestines. Fig, 2. The inferior larynx of a singing bird—t, the trachea—br, thebronchiae—I, the inferior larynx—m, muscles of the vocal apparatus. Fig. 3. The tongue and trachea of a bird—I, the tongue—i, the cornuof the OS hyoides—la, the superior larynx—tr, the trachea—g, the glottis. Fig. 4. The digestive apparatus of a pigeon—a, the oesophagus—_;, theingluvies or crop,—v, the proventriculus or bulbus glandulosus (See page 21.)—g, t

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