The aeroplane is quicker than the quickest bird; and many migration flights, of which exalted esti mates were once current are made at an average speed of less than 50 miles an hour. Except in the case of stooping hawks, or where gravity or wind comes to the help of the wings, it is unlikely that any bird much exceeds SO miles an hour.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 3, 25 March 1927, Page 1
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64Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 3, 25 March 1927, Page 1
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