Animal locomotion, or Walking, swimming, and flying, with a dissertation on aëronautics (1874)
Pettigrew, James Bell, 1834-1908 · New York : D. Appleton & company · leaf 229
um whichthey acquire during their descent materially aiding themin their subaqueous flight. They emerge from the waterand are again upon the wing before the eddies occasionedby their precipitous descent have well subsided, in some casesrising apparently without effort, and in others running… … FIG. 107.—The Red-headed Pochard (Fuligula ferina, Linn.) in the net of drop-ping upon the water; the head and body being inclined upwards nnd for-wards, the feet expanded, and the wings delivering vigorous short strokesin a downward and forward direction.—Original. wheeling, gliding, and…
Animal locomotion · Aeronautics
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