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Show 0f the Wind/Pipe of girth". 818 Book 1], Book ll. lagcs, which are not perfeétly circular; and the Anterior and pofieriorpart ofthem, are alternatcl)' broader and narrower, and are beautihed, not with 2. Circular, but Oval Figure. c H A P. XLVIII. 0f the Windapipe of Fiji}. . About the lower end, where the Wind-pipe i5 inaricated, i5 PlJCCd 2 Cartilage ( decked with an elegant Figure) which leemeth to be entirely one, bilt ismade up of Three Cartilages, of which the upper doth refemble a piece of a hollow Cone cut OH, and its Bale doth emit Procttlfes on each fide, ending into Apexes, refembling thofe or mulls; and the Intermediate fpace intereeding the Apexes, is Semi~circular, to which on each lide a Car~ Tl": "‘imll ip '(il .1 Helull. or a. Mile. 1 the upper fide; but in the oppolite fide, it hath as it were Two Horns, and between them a Right Line, as Ligerm j‘acolmur hath obferved. A Heron hath a True/14m very wonderful in Structure, Whole Head is com. poled of Three Bones, or rather Cartilages ( filled up with Mulcles, the En- being (hotter then the Glottz'r, leaveth a great part of the Rimzila uncovered. gine of various motions) of which the lowermol‘t is affixed to the uppermofl of a thick Tunicle, and feemeth to take one extremity from the beginning of th‘ Buckler Cartilage, and terminates not far from the fiffure of the Rimula. lage, and is made up of petfet‘l Cartilaginous circles, and the annular Cat. Iilages befettingthc other part of the Tracbm, do terminate into membranous Expanfions adjoyning the Gulet,to give way to it, when dil'tended in Degzlutition with great gobbets of Aliment. had tlgough the Interfiices of the Cartilagmous Rings, into the Cavity em mnes. of the The True/Ma ofa Pidgeon, hath the Rimula of the Larynx befet «.fiia- ........' 4-1 fl 1 Compage, covered with a thick Membrane. , . The Egg/atria is outwardly clothed with a Convex Surface, in which the the Cavity of the Wind-pipe, and thefe higher bones of the Larynx are con- hath a peculiar Fabrick, becaufe, after it is entred into the fubfiance of the Lnngs,and maketh a Divarication ofBranches, thofe of one fide have larger Dimenfrons then the other, in reference to their annular Cartilages, and emit a Membrane, through which the infpired Air may be tranlinitl . with a Prominent round grille, and both the Epiglottz'r and Gloriir have a gri- middle is mofi Prominent, fomewhat like an edge 3 the infide of the Epiglottir is Concave, and it being infpeéted every way, is but one entire Cartilage, with two Mufcles, on each lide one; and the Tracbam, belbt with annular (Zirtilages, With many White l'rocelfes, as fo many Glands, and the Wind-pipe doth not take its progrefs alli along the Neck, rel'ting upon the Gulet, as in moll: Animals, but leemeth to be lodged on its Right fide, and fometimes at a diftance from itgand near the Heart, the A/pcra Arteria is divided into Two Branches,which being tranfmitted into the fubliance ofthe Lungs, are not fubdivided into more Ramnlets; fothat the Firll: Divarication of Branches, do terminate into the Perforanons of the Lungs. The rRimula belonging to the Larynx of3 Duck, is dreffedlwith many white The Tritium o! a Du ,k. The Epiglatti: being very thick and Cartilaginous, is welted round about king of the Afpcra xii-term, by the interpofition of a firm Membrane 5 The up. permof‘t Cartilages feared on each fide, being of a Triangular Figure, do belong to the Palate, and are hollowed outWardly with a Sinur, replenilhed \\ ith Mnfcles, and endued inwardly with an eminent Procefs, firaightening The upper part or Head of the Afpem Arteria in a Peacock, is furnilhed The \l'inzl- p ptufa l'ltlg(0ll. confidered, do fomewhat refemble the Bill of 9. Swan or Goofe, onthe lower part or quttir, hath a Fifl‘ure in its Origen, and the Epiglattir tilage is annexed, enducd with a Parabolical Figure, where it is conjoyned to nected to the lowel'c, by the help of the Membrane, inwardly invefiing the Afpcm Ariana, and conjoyning all the annular Cartilages : At the termination of thefe Bones, where the Rings are united, is feared ajagged Fringe, about whofc middle many Glands are feated. The Iiarynx relating to an Eagle is encircled with a firong Bucklcr Carti7 lr Tr.1.Lr.z '1'" H E Epiglottir, and Glottir, or Rimnlzz of a Porpefs, being joyntly protuberances, as fo many Glands, and each lide of the Tree/mm is furnilhed With a fmall long Mufcle, running from the Fauces to the top of the Thorax, and about the termination of the Mufcles, the Afiwm Arteria obtaineth a kind or bony Nature, and greater dimenfions, as a large pipe of Air, and is divided into two branchesnvhich afterward grow Membranous 5 and all the Cartilaginous Rings are parted before and behind. with a Mcmbranous Line at Interllice, which rendreth the circles of the Cartilages imperfect. CHAP. encompalled with a thick Membrane. The Epiglottis IS conjoyned on each fide to the Glartir, by the mediation The Epiglctlt'l arrl 0112th of a Pnrptfs, corijoynctl like ‘tthill of a Goofr. The defctiption of the Epiglmis of a Porptfs. The Surface ofthc Epi- glnrti: is Con; vexe as out- . vsartl, and 1h: inward is Concave. The conjunClion of‘ the Epiglrnir to the Glam‘r.is made by a Membrane. The Glottia or Rimla, is nothing but a Fiffure proceeding from the parting of the Cartilages of the Arymnoz'der. The Glanir. ‘The Larynx of a Porpcfs , as well as other cetaceous Fifh , and Animals, is compofed of divers Mufcles (and Cartilages) by which, being variouflv contracted, and dilated, this Hog-like Animal maketh a different a fine frame of Mufcles, and Cartila- The Larynx'i! gts, CW. kind of'gtunting, when he tumbleth near the Surface of the Water, lifting Up his Head above it for the reception of Draughts of Air, and then defcends, and drencheth his Body and Mouth in Water, treating himfelf in variety of Elements, to cool and refrefh his agitated Body and Blood, pro- duced by long fwimming, through the large territories of great Rivers and Seas The Laymx is framed of many Cartilages ( as well as Mufcles) the Fitft called the Epiglortir, hath been difconrfed already,the Second may be called the Buckler Cartilage, which' beginneth narrow with a procefs, adorned With a femicircular Margent; on each fide of this Procefs are adioyned a. wing, which is a broad Erpanlion ending in fmall Extremities, or Cones. The middle of this Cartilage is mofl: protuberant, and terminates into a thin femicircular Expanfion. _ Near the Buckler Cartilage, the Cricoides, or annular Grille taketh its rife, which are tied to each other by the interpofition of Membranes, and the annular Cartilage is neat akin 'to that of madrupedes in Figure. ‘ The Fourth and Fifth Cartilagcs, being conjoyned by Membranes, do confiitute the Arymnoider, and the fpace of their partition is vulgarly called the Matrix, or Kimula. The Afpem Arreria is very than in this Animal, as holding conformity to the Neck, which is endued with a {mall length, upon which account the Tracbm is befet with a few annular Cartilages, which do not make perfect Circles as patted by the Interfiices of Membranes: When the Windpipe entreth in the fubf'cance of the Lungs, it is divided into two Branches, and afterward into more nt1merous Divarications of the Bronchia. A to CHAP, The Cartilzi ges of the Ltryux. The Buckle: Cartilage. The annular, Cartilage. The Fourth and Fifth Car-ftilagc which do make the Eure-like Cartilage, |