Wing-Tips - The Identification of Birds in Flight

This antique text contains a detailed yet accessible treatise on bird flight and how to identify birds based on how they fly. This book is intended principally for the ordinary bird-lovers who without being ornithologists are interested in bird life and look with wonder at birds in flight wishing to know more of how they fly and why their flight differs so much from species to species. The perfect handbook for amateur bird-watchers Wing-Tips constitutes a great addition to any collection of ornithological literature. The chapters contained herein include: The Skeleton The Sternum or Breastbone The Bones of the Wings Muscles The Feathered Wing Tails Flight Different Shapes of Wing Rising Landing Gliding Hovering Flight Birds of Prey The Owls Ducks Waders Migration and Wing Formation Snipe Crows and Pelicans. This text was originally published in 1947 and is proudly republished now complete with a new introduction on ornithology.