,C Or THi; WOODPECEE*. 



M 



that the eye can scarcely follow them. rnarkable 



mechanism is delineated b ich represents the 



bead of the woodpecker, with the skin removed, and the 

 parts dissected. The umgue itself (T) is a slender sharp- 

 pointed homy cylinder, having its extremity () be*' 

 barbs, of which the points are directed backwards: it is sup- 

 ported on a slend ?oide*, or lingual bone, to the 

 posterior end of which mities o: long and 

 narrow cartilaginous processes are articulated.* The one 

 on the right side is shown in the figure, nearly in the whole 



extent of its course, at c, D, E, r, and a small portion of the 

 left cartilage is seen at L. cartilages form, at their 



junction with the tongue. ute angle, sligh 



verging as OK d backwards; until, bending down- 



ward * round the sides of the 



neck, connected by a membrane (M;) then, being again in- 

 flected upwards, they con, -ards the back of the 

 head, where they meet, and, being enclosed in a common 

 sheath, are conducted together along a groove, which ex- 

 tends forwards, along the middle line of the cranium (E,) 

 till it arrives between the eyes. From this point* the groove 



