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IN NATURE, vol. viii. p. 86, Mr. J. Guthrie calls attention to, and asks explanation of, a curious phenomenon in the flight of birds observed by him :—“In the face of a strong wind,” he says, “the hawk remained fixed in space without fluttering a wing for at least two minutes. After a time it quietly changed its position a few feet with a slight motion of its wings, and then came to rest again as before, remaining as motionless as the rocks around it.”
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CONTE, J. Flight of Birds. Nature 9, 5 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/009005d0
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