1901. 



ANATO:\[r OP EHYNCTl.KA. 



5S9 



Syrinx. 



The windpipe of this genus was investigated by the late Mr. 

 Wood-Mason, who pubHshed an account \ illustrated by a plate and 

 two woodcuts, of the main features in the structure of that tube. 



Text-fig. 57. 



Text-fiff. 58. 



Text-fig. "lu —Portion of windpipe of Rhynchtea ccifensis, 5. 

 Text-fig. 57. — ., „ Woodcock (Scolopax rusticula). 



Text-fig. .58. — „ „ Common Snipe (Gallmago ccelestin). 



He pointed out that in this species the windpipe of the female is 

 slightly conYoiuted and that that of the male is perfectly straight. 



1 " On the Sti'ucture and Development of the Trachea in tbe Indian Painted 

 Snipe {RhyncJuBcc capensis)," P. Z. S. 1878, p. 745. 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1901, Vol. II. No. XXXJX. 39 



