. The bird, its form and function . than from any amount of descriptions anddiagrams. The under surface of a birds wing is concave; and. Fig. 262.—Wing of living Golden Pheasant; rounded and curved for short, sudden flight. while the front edge is rather straight and firm, the hinderrim of the feathers is soft and yielding; thus a downwardstroke both raises the bird or holds it sustained at theheight already reached and urges it in a forward we push our hollowed palms backward and pro-pel ourselves through the denser medium of manner of flight varies greatly in di
. The bird, its form and function . than from any amount of descriptions anddiagrams. The under surface of a birds wing is concave; and. Fig. 262.—Wing of living Golden Pheasant; rounded and curved for short, sudden flight. while the front edge is rather straight and firm, the hinderrim of the feathers is soft and yielding; thus a downwardstroke both raises the bird or holds it sustained at theheight already reached and urges it in a forward we push our hollowed palms backward and pro-pel ourselves through the denser medium of manner of flight varies greatly in different birds 328 The Bird and is often so characteristic that when too far off to dis-tinguish the colour of its plumage, or for its notes toreach our ears, the bird may be recognized by the undu-lations or the directness of its flight. No one who hasever visited the tropics can have failed to admire the
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