The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 74National Geographic Society, 1939 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
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Page 275
... WINGS The storm petrel made a delightful study . Nocturnal on land , it is not afraid of moon- light , since it can fly like a swallow and dodge all predators save the European little owl , its one enemy on the island . Now we have ...
... WINGS The storm petrel made a delightful study . Nocturnal on land , it is not afraid of moon- light , since it can fly like a swallow and dodge all predators save the European little owl , its one enemy on the island . Now we have ...
Page 472
... wings . There are no muscles in the fins to produce such flapping . As the flying fish swims under the water near the surface at high speed , both pairs of wings ( fins ) are folded back against the body . But as it breaks through the ...
... wings . There are no muscles in the fins to produce such flapping . As the flying fish swims under the water near the surface at high speed , both pairs of wings ( fins ) are folded back against the body . But as it breaks through the ...
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... wings and tail ( Color Plate I ) . In breeding , the cin- namon inheritance is transmitted by the male , as young bred from a cinnamon mother and a male of some other color do not have the pink eyes or the brown color of the cinnamon ...
... wings and tail ( Color Plate I ) . In breeding , the cin- namon inheritance is transmitted by the male , as young bred from a cinnamon mother and a male of some other color do not have the pink eyes or the brown color of the cinnamon ...
Contents
GuamPerch of the China Clippers By MARGARET M HIGGINS | 99 |
A Motor Caravan Rolls Across Sahara and Jungle Through Realms | 327 |
Boyhood Recollections and Recent Observations by An American | 419 |
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