. The bird. Birds. 96 THE FIRST FLUTTERINGS OF THE WING. sought in it the wing, and found only a hideous membranous skin, which nevertheless performs a wing's function : " I am a bird ; see you my wings ?" Yes; but even the wing does not make the bird. Place yourself towards the centre of the museum, and close to the clock. There you perceive, on jour left, the first rudiment of the wing in the penguin of the southern pole, and its brother, the Arctic auk, one degi-ee more developed ; scaly winglets, whose glittering feathers rather recall the fish than the bird. On land the creature
. The bird. Birds. 96 THE FIRST FLUTTERINGS OF THE WING. sought in it the wing, and found only a hideous membranous skin, which nevertheless performs a wing's function : " I am a bird ; see you my wings ?" Yes; but even the wing does not make the bird. Place yourself towards the centre of the museum, and close to the clock. There you perceive, on jour left, the first rudiment of the wing in the penguin of the southern pole, and its brother, the Arctic auk, one degi-ee more developed ; scaly winglets, whose glittering feathers rather recall the fish than the bird. On land the creature is feeble; but while earth is difficult for it, air is impossible. Do not complain too warmly. Its prescient mother. destines it for the Polar Seas, where it will only need to paddle. She clothes it carefully in a fine coat of fat and an impenetrable coverinof. She will have it warm among; the icebergs. Which is the better means ? It seems as if she had hesitated, had wavered. By the side of the booby we see with surprise an essay at quite another. 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 Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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