. A textbook in general zoology. Zoology. 350 ANIJIALS OF THE I'AST strange combination of bird and reptile. Tlie bones were liollow, but there were no featliers on tiie body. Their wings were leathery hke those of a l)at; and sometimes they had a long tail ending in a flap. Figure 231 gives an idea of their appearance. Figure 232 shows a remarkable reptilelike bird just as its outlines were found impressed on the rocks. It had wings,. Fig. — Reptilelike bird of mesozoie times. and the whole botly was covered with feathers: but the mouth, hke that of a reptile, had teeth, and hke a repti
. A textbook in general zoology. Zoology. 350 ANIJIALS OF THE I'AST strange combination of bird and reptile. Tlie bones were liollow, but there were no featliers on tiie body. Their wings were leathery hke those of a l)at; and sometimes they had a long tail ending in a flap. Figure 231 gives an idea of their appearance. Figure 232 shows a remarkable reptilelike bird just as its outlines were found impressed on the rocks. It had wings,. Fig. — Reptilelike bird of mesozoie times. and the whole botly was covered with feathers: but the mouth, hke that of a reptile, had teeth, and hke a reptile it had a long, jointed tail with feathers along the sitles in pairs. This seems to indicate that the reptiles and birds have sprung from the same ancestors. Birds. — Birds appeared during the mesozoic era. Some of them had teeth and some of them had none. They varied in size from small birds to those having a height of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herrick, Glenn W. (Glenn Washington), 1870-1965. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American Book Company
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