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I BEG to send you some data on the above subject, as I live where the phenomenon is of daily occurrence. Most of the large birds out here soar, i.e. can circle round and round without flapping the wings, and also can rise thus from 100 or 200 feet to some 8,000 by same means. The pelican, the adjutant, and several large birds allied to it, the vulture and the cyrus, rise thus.
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PEAL, S. Soaring of Birds. Nature 23, 10–11 (1880). https://doi.org/10.1038/023010b0
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