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Identifier: cu31924022566420 (find matches)
Title: The British bird book
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Wood, Theodore, 1862- Pycraft, W. P., (William Plane), b. 1868 Green, Roland, 1895-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London : A. & C. Black
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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1. Bat. 6. Breast Bone of Swan. 2. Butterfly. 7. „ „ Pigeon. 3. Beetle. 8. ,, „ Pelican. 4. Dragon-Fly. 9 & 10. Apteryx, Cassowary (degenerate wings). 5. Bone of Birds Wing, showing the Three Divisions, Arm—Forearm—Hand. i6g
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1. Bat. 6. Breast Bone of Swan. 2. Butterfly. 7. „ „ Pigeon. 3. Beetle. 8. ,, ,, Pelican. 4. Dragon-Fly. 9 & 10. Apteryx, Cassowary (degenerate wings). 5. Bone of Birds Wing, showing the Three Divisions, Arm—Forearm—Hand . 169 CHAPTER IV Modes of Flight The soaring lark is blest as proudWhen at Heavens gate she sings ;The roving bee proclaims aloudHer flight by vocal wings. Wordsworth. The movements of the wing in flight—Mareys experiments—Stopping andturning movements—Alighting— Taking ofE —Hovering—^The use of the tailin flight—The carriage of the neck in flight—And of the legs—The flight ofpetrels—The speed of flight—^The height at which birds fly—FUght with burdens—Experiments on the sizes of the wing in relation to flight—Flight in troops. WHILE it is possible to show that certain kinds of flightare to be associated with such and such peculiaritiesof the skeleton, and the muscles attached thereto, there aremany eccentricities which cannot b

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