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Overhand swimming,

Side swimming,

Swimming of the Little Penguin,

The wing a lever of the third order,

The elliptical, looped, and spiral tracks made in swimming,
The several attitudes assumed by the extremities in swimming

in the prone position,

Swimming of the Turtle and Triton,

Sub-aquatic flight or diving,

The feet of the Swan as seen in the open and closed condition,
The foot of the Grebe with swimming membrane—(Dallas),
Double waved track described by the feet of swimming birds, .
The flight of the Flying-fish,

Figure-of-8 vertical track made by the wing in flight,

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Do. horizontal track,

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Partridge with small wings; Heron with large wings,
The wings of the Hawk and Albatross,

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The Green Plover with one wing flexed and the other extended,

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Blur or impression produced on the eye by the rapidly oscillat

ing wing of the insect,

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Diagram in which the down and up strokes of the wing of the insect are analysed,

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Diagrams illustrating the looped and waved tracks described

by the wing of the insect, bat, and bird, Figures showing the positions assumed by the wing of the bird during the up and down strokes (side view), The positions assumed by the wing of the insect as it hastens to and fro and describes a figure-of-8 track, The figure-of-8 curves made by the wing of the bird in flexion and extension,

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The waved tracks described by the wing and body of the bird as they alternately rise and fall,

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The positions assumed by the wing of the bird during the

down and up strokes (front view),

Analysis of the movements of the wing,

The kite-like action and waved movements of the wing,
The Centaur Beetle and Water Bug,

The Dragon Fly,

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The screws formed by the wing of the insect, bat, and bird, 174, 175, 176 The muscles, elastic ligaments, and feathers of the wing of the

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Mr. Stringfellow's Flying Machine,

Sir George Cayley's Flying Apparatus,

Flying Machine designed by De la Landelle,

Borelli's Artificial Bird,

Diagrams illustrating the true and false action of the wing,

The sculling action of the wing as seen in the bird,

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Diagrams illustrative of artificial wing movements,

Diagram illustrating the currents produced by the movements

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ANIMAL LOCOMOTION.

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