Re: About the angle of view

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

that manual of ornithology I posted about a while back has a decent
illustration using a seagull to label the different views- for those of
you who need visual references...

Manual of Ornithology : Avian Structure & Function 
by Noble S. Proctor, Patrick J. Lynch, Roger Tory Peterson 
 Yale Univ Pr

-Betty


> Sam Barnett wrote:
> <In palaeo-pictures, terms are used such as lateral,
> dorsal, antero-dorsal etc, to indicate the angle you
> are viewing them, but no one ever gives a key as to
> what they all mean.  Eventually one becomes familiar
> with most, but there are a few holes in my current
> repertoire I would like to fill:>

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