Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York, D. Appleton & company · leaf 225
more than an hour, without seeing the slightestmovement of the wings, and have never witnessed anythingto equal the ease and grace of this bird as he sweeps past,often within a few yards, every part of his body perfectlymotionless except the head and eye, which turn slowly andseem to take notice of… … r \. 105. Tranquil its spirit seemd and floated slow ;Even in its very motion there was rest.^ PKOGKESSION IN OR THEOUGH THE AIR. 201 albatross, the ceaseless activity of those of the humming-birdmay be adduced. In those delicate and exquisitely beautifulbirds, the wings, according to Mr. Gould,…
Animal locomotion · Aeronautics
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