Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 198
varies in insects accordingto the shape of the body, the length and shape of thelimbs and antennae, and the position, shape, and size of the PROGRESSION IN OR THROUGH THE AIR. 175 pinions. It is corrected in some by curving the body, inothers by bending or straightening the limbs and antennae,but… … Fig. 95. Fig. 94.—Right wing of the Bat (PhyUorhina gracilis), dorsal surface, d ef,Anterior or thick margin of the wing, supported by the bones of the arm,forearm, and hand (first and second phalanges) ;e a b, posterior or thinmargin, supported by the remaining phalanges, by the side of the body,…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
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