Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York, D. Appleton & company · leaf 223
The pheasant, partridge (fig. 59, p. 126), grouse, and quail,furnish good examples of the heavy-bodied, short-wingedbirds. In these the wing is rounded and deeply concave.It is, moreover, wielded with immense velocity and power. The heron (fig. 60, p. 126), sea-mew (fig. 103, p. 186), lap-wing… … Fig. 104.—The Cape Barn-Owl {Strix capensis, Smith), as seen in full flight,hunting. The under surface of the wings and body are inclined slightlyupwards, and act upon the air after the manner of a kite. (Compare withfig. 59, p. 126, and fig. 102, p. ISS.)—Original. The albatross (fig. 105, p. 200)…
Animal locomotion · Aeronautics
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