Commentary for Chullin 57:34

הא ל"ק איידי דסליק מבהמה תנא נמי שחיטתו כשרה

THE GREATER PART OF ONE ORGAN IN THE CASE OF A BIRD, viz. , What about the burnt-offering of a bird which requires both organs [to be cut]? - THE GREATER PART OF ONE ORGAN really means the greater part of each organ, and strictly the Mishnah should have stated: 'The greater part of both'; since, however, there is the case of the sin-offering of a bird, for which one organ is sufficient, the Tanna stated th clause ambiguously.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The expression may mean either the greater portion of one organ, to meet the case of the sin-offering of a bird, or the greater portion of each organ, to meet the case of the burnt-offering of a bird.');">¹⁶</span>

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