Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 323
action upon the air, according,more or less, to the will and purpose of the birdwhether to sail, swoop, stop, go ahead, or whatnot. Moreover, the feathers are so arranged insets, one set to each joint of the wing, as to foldand overlie with remarkable smoothness. In these respects and in a great… … A BARN-SWAI.LOW IN FLIGHT.Showing the use of the wings and the tail in swooping. birds than ships of the air —even when westretch ships to mean submarines. That the tail of a bird serves mostly as a rud-der and a brake is evident when we watch a spar-
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