. Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds. Birds -- United States; Birds -- Juvenile literature. FORM AND IIAIUT: TIIK WING. 21 III antarctic seas we tiiid tlie arctic Auks replaced l)v tlie Penguins, a tj^ronp in w liicli all tlie members are They are possessed of i-eniarkable aquatic lliglitless. Fig. 8.—Great Auk, sliowiiiGr relatively small wing. (Length of bird, 30 inches; of wing, 5-75 inches.) powers, and can, it is said, outswim even fish. They nest only on isolated islands, where they are not exposed to tlie attack of predaceous mammals. Amono^ Grebes and Ducks we have ill
. Bird-life; a guide to the study of our common birds. Birds -- United States; Birds -- Juvenile literature. FORM AND IIAIUT: TIIK WING. 21 III antarctic seas we tiiid tlie arctic Auks replaced l)v tlie Penguins, a tj^ronp in w liicli all tlie members are They are possessed of i-eniarkable aquatic lliglitless. Fig. 8.—Great Auk, sliowiiiGr relatively small wing. (Length of bird, 30 inches; of wing, 5-75 inches.) powers, and can, it is said, outswim even fish. They nest only on isolated islands, where they are not exposed to tlie attack of predaceous mammals. Amono^ Grebes and Ducks we have illustrations of the way in which swinnning birds may become tempo- rarily flightless. AVith most land-inhabiting birds flight is so important a faculty that any injury to the wings is apt to result fatally. It is necessary, therefore, that the power of flight shall not be impaired. Conse- quently, when molting, the wing-feathers are shed slowly an<l symmetrically, from the middle of the wing both inwardly and outwardly; the new feathers ap- pear so quickly that at no time are there more than two or three quills missing from either wing. 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 Chapman, Frank M. (Frank Michler), 1864-1945; Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York, D. Appleton & co.
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