Commentary for Chullin 113:15

אילימא דלית ליה כלל והא קא חזינא דאית ליה

Surely Levi has taught: The defects enumerated by the Sages in the case of cattle apply also to birds, with this addition in the case of birds, namely: If the bone [of the skull] was broken even though the membrane of the brain has not been pierced! - We must therefore say that the statement 'It has no lungs' means that they are in no wise affected, whether the bird falls down [from the roof] or is scorched [in the fire].

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