Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 59
s with a very slight increase of surface.The surface exposed by the bat exceeds that displayed by many 36 ANIMAL LOCOMOTION. and birds. The wings of the bai are deeply concave, and so resemble theWings of hectics and heavy bodied short-winged birds. The hones of thearm r), forearm (</). and hand… … Fig. 17.—The Bat (PhyUorhina gracilis, Peters). Here the travelling-surfaces(r d ef, a w n n) are enormously increased as compared with that of theland and water animals generally. Compare with figures from 10 to 14,p. 34. / Arm of bat; d forearm of bat; ef, >o n n hand of bat.—Original.…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
Internet Archive · Medical Heritage Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Zoology of New York; or, The New York fauna [Series: Natural history of New York] (1842)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/nypl-nypl_adb54360c60d-2-1.webp)
![An illustration from Œuvres complètes de M. le C[om]te de Buffon ... : histoire des animaux quadrupèdes (1775)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-oeuvrescompletesd021775buff-390-39.webp)
