Animal locomotion or walking, swimming, and flying : with a dissertation on aëronautics (1873)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · London : Henry S. King & Co. · leaf 70
a firm basis of support. 2 In this order there are certain birds—the sparrows and thrushes, forexample—which advance by a series of vigorous leaps ; the leaps being of anintermitting character. 3 The toes in the emu amount to three. •KOGRESSION OX THE LAND. 47 of movement for which this celebrated… … Fig. 24.—Skeleton of the Ostrich. Shows the powerful legs, small feet, andrudimentary wings of the bird ; the obliquity at which the bones of the legsand wings are placed, and the comparatively small angles which any twobones make at their point of junction, a Angle made by femur with ilium.6 Angle…
Animal locomotion · Physiology · Aeronautics
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