St. Mark's rest : the history of Venice written for the help of the few travellers who still care for her monuments (1885)
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · New York : Lovell · leaf 623
r part of thewing. The relation ofthese, and of the innerquills, to the birds bodymay be veiy simply shown.Fig. 6 is a rude sketch,tyi^ically representing thewing of any bird, butactually founded chieflyon the seagulls. It is broadly composedof two fans, a and b. The outmost fan, a, is carried by… … Fio. 6. THE SWALLOW. 47 Bhoulder to elbow, has command of the whole instrument.No feathers ai*e attached to this bone ; but covering and pro-tecting ones are set in the skin of it, completely filling, whenthe active wing is open, the space between it and the body.But the plumes of the two great…
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