Good Words, Volume 6Alexander Strahan and Company, 1865 - English periodicals |
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Page 131
... birds of short flight . All the reaction produced by this escape is wings , though their flight is sometimes very fast , a reaction which is useless for propulsion . Accord- are never able to sustain it very long . The musingly in all birds ...
... birds of short flight . All the reaction produced by this escape is wings , though their flight is sometimes very fast , a reaction which is useless for propulsion . Accord- are never able to sustain it very long . The musingly in all birds ...
Page 132
... birds which depend on great ease of evolution in flight - or on the power of stopping suddenly , have largely developed tails . This is the case with all the birds of prey . But there are some exceptions which show that great powers of ...
... birds which depend on great ease of evolution in flight - or on the power of stopping suddenly , have largely developed tails . This is the case with all the birds of prey . But there are some exceptions which show that great powers of ...
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... birds which when once on the animal whose habits do not expose it to special wing could distance their pursuer by superio danger , or ( 2 ) to any animal which is sufficiently speed , because the Hawk , sweeping over the ground endowed ...
... birds which when once on the animal whose habits do not expose it to special wing could distance their pursuer by superio danger , or ( 2 ) to any animal which is sufficiently speed , because the Hawk , sweeping over the ground endowed ...
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