Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York : D. Appleton & company · leaf 200
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… … margin, supported by the remaining phalanges, by the side of the body, andby the foot. — Original.Fio. 95.—Right wing of the Bat (Phyllorhina gracilis), as seen from behind andfrom beneath. When so regarded, the anterior or thick margin (rf/) of thewing displays different curves from those seen on…
Animal locomotion · Aeronautics
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