Smith, Hamilton Lanphere, 1819-1903. [from old catalog] · Cleveland, M. C. Younglove and company · leaf 320
of Reptiles, as it has beentermed, one of the most marvellous beings, and which for alongtime caused no little speculation and discussion among philoso-phers, flourished in considerable numbers. It has been termedthe Pterodactyle, or wing-toed animal. (See next figure). Thisflying reptile,… … birds, and mammals. It seems to have been capable of walkingwith ease upon the ground, of perching on trees, and of flyingswiftly through the air. The teeth of the pterodactyle are long,pointed, and slender, from twenty to thirty in each jaw, and likethe crocodile replaced by new ones when worn.—…
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