Woodpecker Skull

“Saurognathous skull of a nesting Picus minor. x4 diameters, after Parker. Px premaxillary: dpx, its dentary process; ppx, palatal process; sn, septo-nasal; pa, palatine; pmx, peculiar palatal plate of maxillary of a woodpecker; nf, nasal turbinal; mx, maxillary; ipa, interpalatal spur of palatine bone; mxp, rudimentary maxillo-palatine, scarcely reaching palatine; smx, septo-maxillary, in several pieces; v, right vomer, its fellow opposite; pe, lower border of perpendicular plate of ethmoid, between vomers; epa, ethmoidal (inner) plate of palatine; mpa, medio-palatine; pg pterygoid; i, foramen for internal carotid; 8 for vagus nerve; 9, for hypo-glossal nerve.” Elliot Coues, 1884

Keywords

birds, woodpecker, ornithology, bird anatomy, palatine, bird bones, woodpecker skull, Saurognathous skull, North American birds, internal parts of birds, Picus minor, Saurognathism

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Source

Elliot Coues Key to North American Birds (Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1884)

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