. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. Fig. 704.—Head of Archaeopteryx macroura (after Dames). the law of limb-structure. In the Bat the resisting plane is produced by stretching a membrane between the enormously elongated palm and finger-bones ; in the Pterodactyl only one finger is enormously en- larged and elongated for this purpose; in the Bird the same bones are. A B C Fig. ^4, Fore-limb of Bat; B, Bird; C, Archseopteryx; D, Pterodactyl. shortened and consolidated, and the resisting plane is got by the use of feathers. This was the metho
. Elements of geology : a text-book for colleges and for the general reader. Geology. Fig. 704.—Head of Archaeopteryx macroura (after Dames). the law of limb-structure. In the Bat the resisting plane is produced by stretching a membrane between the enormously elongated palm and finger-bones ; in the Pterodactyl only one finger is enormously en- larged and elongated for this purpose; in the Bird the same bones are. A B C Fig. ^4, Fore-limb of Bat; B, Bird; C, Archseopteryx; D, Pterodactyl. shortened and consolidated, and the resisting plane is got by the use of feathers. This was the method also in the Archaeopteryx, but the. 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 LeConte, Joseph, 1823-1901. New York : D. Appleton and Co.
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