Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York, D. Appleton & company · leaf 123
ruped and theswimming of the walrus, sea-bear, and seal; between theswimming of the seal, whale, dugong, manatee, and porpoise,and that of the fish (compare fig. 32, p. 68, with figs. 18 and19, pp. 37 and 39); and between the swimming of the fishand the flying of the insect, bat, and bird (compare… … Fig. 51.—The Flying-fish (Exocoetus exsiliens. Linn.), with wings expanded andelevated in the act of flight (vide arrows) This anomalous and interestingcreature is adapted both for swimming and flying. The swimming-tail isconsev|uently retained, and the pectoral fins, which act as wings,…
Animal locomotion · Aeronautics
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