Actually, to cut a long story short, he began...well, playing with a rather different sort of pipe. Or syrinx, as we called it. He obviously thought he was alone.

Inside, somebody was playing a duet on syrinx and lyre.

The role of the syrinx in psittacine sound production is still under examination, and probably differs from that of songbirds.

The primary sound-producing organ in a bird is the syrinx and the secondary system aiding sound production consists of the larynx, mouth, tongue and laryngeal muscles.

The organ responsible for producing sounds during song is the syrinx, located where the trachea joins the bronchi of the two lungs (Fig. 9.14).

Syrinx

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