. Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds. Birds -- United States; Birds -- Juvenile literature. FORM AND IIAIUT: TIIK WIX(}. lY oTirans we sliall dirt'ct our aftt^'iitinii to tlieir external form rather than tlu'ir internal structure. The irZ/yy.—Ijirds' wings are ])riinarily orc^ns of loeoniotion, but tliey are also used as wea])ons, as musical instruments, in expressing- emotion, and they are some-. Fio. 4. -Young Iloatzin, sliowing use of Looked fingers in climbing. (After Lucas.) times tlie seat of sexual adornment. As an or<xan of loco- motion the wing's most pnmitve use i
. Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds. Birds -- United States; Birds -- Juvenile literature. FORM AND IIAIUT: TIIK WIX(}. lY oTirans we sliall dirt'ct our aftt^'iitinii to tlieir external form rather than tlu'ir internal structure. The irZ/yy.—Ijirds' wings are ])riinarily orc^ns of loeoniotion, but tliey are also used as wea])ons, as musical instruments, in expressing- emotion, and they are some-. Fio. 4. -Young Iloatzin, sliowing use of Looked fingers in climbing. (After Lucas.) times tlie seat of sexual adornment. As an or<xan of loco- motion the wing's most pnmitve use is doubtless for climbing, (lallinules, for instance, have a small spur on the wrist or "bend of the wing," and the young birds use it to assist their progress among the reeds. A more striking instance of this nature is shown by that singular South American bird, the Iloatzin {Ojmthocomus oris-. 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945; Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York, D. Appleton & co.
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