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JUDGING from Mr. Kingsmill's photograph, it would appear that the bird is just in the position of the half-stroke of the wings when making a fresh start or a sudden spurt. While these birds generally sail about, yet at times they do flap their wings. The movement of the wings in all these oceanic birds is very deliberate. I might here be allowed to point out the interest attaching to such photographs as these; and as many have hand-cameras now, snap-shots of animal life at sea, or of any natural phenomena, would be valuable and interesting additions to our knowledge of sea life.
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BARKER, D. Flight of Oceanic Birds. Nature 50, 617 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050617e0
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