( 5*3 ) 
the Nfeck, (tho* not faftned to iO till they come with* 
in the Cavity of the Thorax, where they are inferted 
under the Clavicula or Merrythought-bone, as ’tis cal- 
led. This pair is reprefented by k.k. in the fecond Fi- 
gure; and by q. q> in the Firft. 
There islikewifc a very {lender white Thread, (whe- 
ther Tendon or Nerve, I am uncertain,) which accompa^ 
nies this Mufcle its whole length? and which drawn 
gently, (for fear of breaking) pulls in with it the end of 
the Tongue. As there isfuch another all along the Va- 
gina to the End at c. 
Volker Cotter us, as he is mentioned by Gerard Blafius , 
in his Anatome Animalium , Cap. 14. p. 6 4. treating of 
the Tongue of this Bird, makes it to be made of three 
llender Bones, round, and as he fays bound together, (tn- 
vtcem colligatis) which isaMiftake; for tho’ reckoning 
the two bony Cartilages for OJficula, yet the third 
is not bound up with them, but articulated to the End 
of them. The fame Perfon fays the Tongue maybe thruft 
out to the length of an Inch and a half, whereas when 
drawn in, it is fcarce half an Inch long ; when in reality it 
may be thrown out near four Inches; and I believe can- 
not be drawn in, fo as to be lefs than an Inch and 
quarter, viz- to that place where the two Cartilages 
are articulated with the fingle Bone. Befides he makes 
the ufe of the long flat Mufcle running over the Top of 
the Head, to be (if I rightly apprehend his meaning) to 
draw the Tongue to the upper Jaw, whereas their ufe is 
for thrufting the Tongue out of the Birds Mouth, 
But this Perfon having given no Figures, lias rendred 
what he fays lefs intelligible; tho’ indeed he mentions 
two pair of Mufcles, as there are fo many chiefly con- 
cerned, yet there are at lead two other pair, that afifift 
the Performance. 
Where- 
