Reproduction
Object numberRCSHC/1477
Scientific namePicus
CollectionHunterian
CategoryWet preparations
Object namebeak, Tongue, Larynx, Organs of Taste, Mounted wet bone and tissue
DescriptionThe lower beak, tongue and larynx of a woodpecker.
The tongue is a long, sharp and narrow cylinder capable of being retracted into a fold in the membrane lining of the mouth.
Production date Estimated 1760 - Estimated 1793
Preparator
Owner/user
presented
Physical Location
LocationOn display in the Hunterian Museum, Room 4: The Long Gallery
Physical Information
Physical descriptionWet preparation of tissue and bone mounted in a rectangular perspex container.
Materialperspex
Picus
Dimensions
whole height: 157 mm
whole width: 64 mm
whole depth: 50 mm
whole weight: 572 g
whole width: 64 mm
whole depth: 50 mm
whole weight: 572 g
Bibliography
SourceDobson 1970-71
Transcript1477: The lower jaw, tongue and larynx of a Woodpecker (Picus sp.) The tongue is a long narrow cylindrical organ, supported by the elongated body of the hyoid bone and capable of being retracted within a fold of the lining membrane of the mouth. Its extremity is sharp and tipped with horn.
