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a man. To illustrate this I have made a drawing, show- 

 ing a man in the pose of a bird with the wing feathers 

 growing from his forearm and hand as they do on a bird. 

 The small feathers have been removed so as to better 

 show the arrangement of the larger or quill feathers. 



Had this man's body been covered with feathers, like 

 a bird, only his toes would be visible as he stands bird- 

 fashion. 



In these sketches may be seen the bat-like mem- 

 brane connecting the shoulder with the thumb of the 



Sketch of Man with Bat's Wings 



chicken, and in the sketch of a man with a robin's wing 

 is another similar membrane under the arm. The wing 

 proper is composed of the hand and forearm, as is 

 shown by this illustration of a man with the wing- 

 feathers of a bird growing on his hand and fore- 

 arm. Had the artists, who first invented the church- 

 window form of angels been better acquainted with an- 

 atomy, they would never have made creatures with two 

 pairs of arms, one pair growing from the back where 

 there is no -place for a shoulder joint and no muscles to 

 move the arms. Wheels on the smoke-stack of a locomo- 

 tive would be just as useful to the engine as wings stuck 



