Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 322
d limited bothin direction and duration. There is quite as muchdifference between the easy, graceful, sweeping,tireless flight of a man-of-war bird and the direct, NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS 841 labored, short spurt of a grouse as there is be-tween the relative size or expanse of their… … FIG. THE CUTTING EDGE BIRD. To show the small resistance to the air in the direction of flight, a,wild duck; b, grouse and quail; c, crow; d, man-of-war bird — atypical sea-bird. comparatively small, rounded wings and heavybodies. When the flight is between these ex-tremes, the extent of the wings…
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