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these, unless there was a cross membrane also ; and 

 the creature may have thereby actually sailed before 

 the breeze. Those that did not have the cross-arms 



Fig. 73. — Hesperornis regalis, x ^\j (restored by Marsh). 



may have tacked by means of the single spread of the 

 broad back-fin. This latter would be useful, how- 

 ever, as the dorsal tin of a fish is, in keeping the body 

 steady while the tail lashed (Fig. 75). 



