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Nature, Gardens & Animals
Dragons of the Air: An Account of Extinct Flying Reptiles
Harry Govier Seeley
214 pages~4 hr 16 min read99 chapters$4.99
Long before birds ruled the sky, leather-winged reptiles owned it. Seeley reconstructs the pterosaurs, the true dragons of the air, explaining how their bones reveal creatures that soared over a vanished world. Richly illustrated and vividly told. Look up into prehistoric skies and meet the first great fliers.
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99 chapters
- 1DRAGONS OF THE AIR
- 2AN ACCOUNT OF EXTINCT FLYING REPTILES
- 3H. G. SEELEY, F.R.S.
- 4WITH EIGHTY ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5NEW YORK: D. APPLETON CO. LONDON: METHUEN CO. 1901
- 6PREFACE
- 7CONTENTS
- 8LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 9DRAGONS OF THE AIR
- 10CHAPTER I FLYING REPTILES
- 11CHAPTER II HOW A REPTILE IS KNOWN
- 12DEFINITION OF REPTILES BY THEIR VITAL ORGANS
- 13THE REPTILE SKIN
- 14THE REPTILE BRAIN
- 15REPTILIAN BREATHING ORGANS
- 16CHAPTER III A REPTILE IS KNOWN BY ITS BONES
- 17THE HANG OF THE LOWER JAW
- 18CHAPTER IV ANIMALS WHICH FLY
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