If you should try the experiment in still larger birds, the disparity would still increase. It must be matter of great curiosity to see the stilt plover move ; to observe how it can wield such a length of lever with such feeble muscles as the thighs seem... The Natural History of Selborne: With Observations on Various Parts of ... - Seite 261 von Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1851 - 416 Seiten Vollansicht -
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