FLYING REPTILES 



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Cycnorhamphtjs 

 A small, no-tailed Pterodactyl 

 Drawn by Miss E. B. Seeley. From Seeley's "Dragons of the Air" 

 By permission of Melhuen and Co. 



naked and quite smooth. The appearance of some 

 specimens suggested that the wings were covered with 

 small scales or undeveloped feathers but closer examina- 

 tion showed that these were only fine wrinkles. 



Extraordinary creatures they were and most uncanny 

 they must have seemed flitting through the air at night- 



