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Page 117
... wings are supported by the finger bones of the hand , greatly elongated , the wing membrane itself being skin stretched between these finger bones , forming an exag- gerated webbed foot ( page 118 ) . Bats do not carry bedbugs . Like ...
... wings are supported by the finger bones of the hand , greatly elongated , the wing membrane itself being skin stretched between these finger bones , forming an exag- gerated webbed foot ( page 118 ) . Bats do not carry bedbugs . Like ...
Page 134
... wings partly folded and bringing them sharply down and forward , the rubbery membrane bulging between the bones like a sail between its spars . Unlike the airplane and some soaring birds , this little insect eater cannot fly with wings ...
... wings partly folded and bringing them sharply down and forward , the rubbery membrane bulging between the bones like a sail between its spars . Unlike the airplane and some soaring birds , this little insect eater cannot fly with wings ...
Page 344
... wings . They are gray , with a large number of unequal roundish transparent spots that give it the appearance of a dissolving film , through which the black supporting veins of the wing show plainly . It does not flirt its wings but ...
... wings . They are gray , with a large number of unequal roundish transparent spots that give it the appearance of a dissolving film , through which the black supporting veins of the wing show plainly . It does not flirt its wings but ...
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Columbia River CanadaU S 90 304 688 692 | 106 |
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