The Bookshelf for boys and girls: Nature and Outdoor Life (1912)
University Society, New York · New York. : University Society · leaf 30
ies, for the membrane thatsupports the animal is motionless and acts likethe parachute of the descending balloonist at thecircus. The wings of the two known kinds of flying-fish are the pectoral fins grown to an enormoussize. The kind commonly seen is called the fly-ing-herring and resembles the… … A HYDROPLANE From the painting by Edgar F. Wittmack FLYING THINGS 227 When they come on board a ship, their comingis supposed to be caused by air-currents whichthe wind makes as it strikes against the side ofthe vessel, and which lift the fish above the deck.Some observers say that it can change…
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