The Child's Book of Nature for the Use of Families and Schools Intended to Aid Mothers and Teachers in Training Children in the Observation of Nature. Revised Edition. Part 3: Air, Water, Heat, Light, etc. (1886)
Hooker, Worthington · Harper & Brothers · leaf 31
s them. The bat’s wings are some¬ thing like hands, with fingers very much spread out, and a sort of skin stretched between as paper is spread over the sticks of a kite ; they are very different from bird’s wings. The wings of insects that fly very swiftly are very large in proportion to their…
