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Show The Flying Fish. Tho theory that tho flying-fish glides through tho air llko nn aeroplane, propelled pro-pelled by tho tall and guided by tho pectoral fins, Is disproved by Lieut. Col. C. D. Durnford, nn English naturalist. nat-uralist. Ho finds thnt an average flight begins with a Jump Into tho air, Impelled by tho tall nnd aided by tho wlt.R-llko fins; that It is continued by a labored and exceedingly rapid movement move-ment of the seemingly motionless wings, which nt times slow down so that the vibration becomes vlslblo; nnd that It ceases cither with a sudden sud-den stoppage or gradual slowing down of tho wings beforo reaching tho water. |