452 HYOID 
Hedge-Sparrow as they rapidly trip on the ground or, along the 
horizontal branches of fallen trees ; but unlike that bird they carry 
the tail erect. Mr. Ramsay has described (Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. 
Wales, ii. p. 109) their nest and eggs: the former has a dome, 
and the latter, like those of so many Australian small birds, are 
salmon-coloured with light chocolate-brown markings. The males 
have an agreeable song. 
HYOID (Greek soediys, shaped like Y) Apparatus, the collective 
Gecinus. Dorsal view. PHENICOPTERUS, dorsal, and left Common Fowl. 
lateral view of Corpus and Urohyal. 
bb. Basibranchial ; c. Corpus linguz or Basihyal; cb. Ceratobranchial; ent. Os entoglossum ; 
u.h. Urohyal. 
name of the cartilaginous and bony framework of the tongue, con- 
sisting of 
