. The bird; its form and function . Fig. 259.—Wing of Huininiiio-hird witli Ki fli;ht feathers. 1/2 natural Fig. 260.—Wing of Albatross with 50 flight-feathers. 1/2S natural si?;e. 326 The Bird powers of flight. When perched on a branch, they canevade the shot from a shot-gun. It is said that one willsometimes chase another for three or four minutes,doubling, turning, twisting, and shooting, now brushingthe grass, now rismg to a height of at least two or three

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