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The front portion of the lower jaw is down-turned and in combination with therhamphothecaon the upper jaw, functioned to pluck food.
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By comparison, in most modern birds, therhamphothecagrows, and is shed, continuously and in some species its color varies depending on the season.
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Therhamphothecagrows continuously in most birds and in some species the color varies seasonally.
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Two bony projectionsthe upper and lower mandiblesare covered with a thin keratinized layer of epidermis known as therhamphotheca.
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There is a vascular layer between therhamphothecaand the deeper layers of the dermis, which is attached directly to the periosteum of the bones of the beak.
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This covering is called therhamphotheca.
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