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2 A Bird Is an Animal with Hollow Bones
Special features of avian bones and their assembly as a skeleton
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Gary W. Kaiser
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Figures and Tables ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
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What Is a Bird ?
- The Bird beneath the Feathers 15
- A Bird Is an Animal with Hollow Bones 40
- A Bird Is Like a Dinosaur 86
- A Bird Is Not So Like a Dinosaur 108
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What Kind of Bird Is It?
- The Kinds of Birds 133
- That Bird Is Different from the Other One 169
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How Does a Bird Fly?
- Feathers and Feather ed Dinosaurs 205
- Birds with a Modern Shape 235
- Birds on Land 275
- Birds at Sea 305
- Conclusion 344
- Birds in Relation to Other Vertebrate Animals 346
- Geological Time Scale 347
- Glossary of Ornithological Terms 349
- Literature Cited 360
- Index 372
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents vii
- Figures and Tables ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- Introduction 1
-
What Is a Bird ?
- The Bird beneath the Feathers 15
- A Bird Is an Animal with Hollow Bones 40
- A Bird Is Like a Dinosaur 86
- A Bird Is Not So Like a Dinosaur 108
-
What Kind of Bird Is It?
- The Kinds of Birds 133
- That Bird Is Different from the Other One 169
-
How Does a Bird Fly?
- Feathers and Feather ed Dinosaurs 205
- Birds with a Modern Shape 235
- Birds on Land 275
- Birds at Sea 305
- Conclusion 344
- Birds in Relation to Other Vertebrate Animals 346
- Geological Time Scale 347
- Glossary of Ornithological Terms 349
- Literature Cited 360
- Index 372