Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York : D. Appleton & company · leaf 114
FIG. 44.—The Turtle (Chelonia imbricata\ adapted for swimming and diving,the extremities being relatively larger than in the seal, sea-bear, and wal-rus. The anterior extremities have a thick anterior margin and a thinposterior one, and in this respect resemble wings. Compare with figs. 86and 37,… … FIG. 45. -The Crested Newt (Trilnn cris.to.tvs, Lsiur.) In the newt a tail is•nperadded to the extremities, the tail and the extremities both acting inswimming.—Original. extremities likewise move by turns. As, moreover, the rightanterior and left posterior extremities move together, and…
Animal locomotion · Aeronautics
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