Dissection of a parakeet
Date
1694
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Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Material
Technique
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Description
Anatomical figures of a dissected parakeet.
Illustration to Observations in the Dissection of a Paroquet, made and Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Rich Waller. Published Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.18, issue 211 (June 1694) pp.153-157. Read to the Royal Society om 5 December 1688, JBO/8. The original paper can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society CLP/15i/37.
Illustration to Observations in the Dissection of a Paroquet, made and Communicated to the Royal Society by Mr. Rich Waller. Published Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.18, issue 211 (June 1694) pp.153-157. Read to the Royal Society om 5 December 1688, JBO/8. The original paper can be found in the Classified Papers of the Royal Society CLP/15i/37.
Transcription
Fig. I.
a.The Aspera arteria
b.That part which forms as it were another Larynx.
c.Part of the Gula
d.The upper Craw
e.The Heart
f.f. The Venae axiliares
g.g. The Jugulars
h. A small Gland on one of them
i.i. The two Auricles of the Heart
k.k. The Liver
l. The Gizzard.
Fig. II.
a.The Trachea
b.b. The Larynx, by which parrots are rendered Ventriloqui
c.c. The two branches of the Trachea
Fig. III.
a.a. The Cornua of the Os Hyoides
b.b. Two muscles of the Larynx
c. The Fissure or Glottis
d. The Trachea
e. The Tongue
f. The horny end thereof
Fig. IV
a.a. The Testes
b.b. The Deferentia
c.c. The Kidneys
d.d. The Ureters
Fig. V.
a. The upper part of the Gula
b. The first or upper Craw
c. The part of the Gula whose inside is glandulous
d. The lower Craw
e. The Gissard or Ventricle
f. The first Intestine
g.g. The Pancreas
Fig. VI.
a.The upper Bill
b.The inside of it
d.d. The upper jaw
c. The place where the upper Bill is moveable
e. A passage to the Nostrils
f. The lower Bill
g. The upper Bill in a another posture, to shew the small ridges therein
Fig. VII.
One of the Feathers o the tail
a. That part furnisht only with a white down
b.b. The part that is yellow
c. The scarlet part
d. Where it is black
e. The green part
a.The Aspera arteria
b.That part which forms as it were another Larynx.
c.Part of the Gula
d.The upper Craw
e.The Heart
f.f. The Venae axiliares
g.g. The Jugulars
h. A small Gland on one of them
i.i. The two Auricles of the Heart
k.k. The Liver
l. The Gizzard.
Fig. II.
a.The Trachea
b.b. The Larynx, by which parrots are rendered Ventriloqui
c.c. The two branches of the Trachea
Fig. III.
a.a. The Cornua of the Os Hyoides
b.b. Two muscles of the Larynx
c. The Fissure or Glottis
d. The Trachea
e. The Tongue
f. The horny end thereof
Fig. IV
a.a. The Testes
b.b. The Deferentia
c.c. The Kidneys
d.d. The Ureters
Fig. V.
a. The upper part of the Gula
b. The first or upper Craw
c. The part of the Gula whose inside is glandulous
d. The lower Craw
e. The Gissard or Ventricle
f. The first Intestine
g.g. The Pancreas
Fig. VI.
a.The upper Bill
b.The inside of it
d.d. The upper jaw
c. The place where the upper Bill is moveable
e. A passage to the Nostrils
f. The lower Bill
g. The upper Bill in a another posture, to shew the small ridges therein
Fig. VII.
One of the Feathers o the tail
a. That part furnisht only with a white down
b.b. The part that is yellow
c. The scarlet part
d. Where it is black
e. The green part
Related fellows
Richard Waller (1660 - 1715, British) , Naturalist
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