Question

In which of the following sentences does Mr. Gosse use firsthand experience to support his claims?

a. "That the object of these quick turns is the capture of insects, I am sure, having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me."
b. "All the hummingbirds have more or less the habit, when in flight, of pausing in the air and throwing the body and tail into rapid and odd contortions."
c. "This is most observable in the Polytmus, from the effect that such motions have on the long feathers of the tail."
d. "Many of them, in fact, may be seen catching gnats and other small insects just like fly-catchers, sitting on a dead twig over water, darting off for a time in the air, and then returning to the twig."

Answer 1

a. "That the object of these quick turns is the capture of insects, I am sure, having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me." Mr. Gosse uses firsthand experience to support his claims in sentence a.

Step-by-step explanation:

The sentence that Mr. Gosse uses firsthand experience to support his claims is sentence a. "That the object of these quick turns is the capture of insects, I am sure, having watched one thus engaged pretty close to me." In this sentence, Mr. Gosse states that he personally observed a hummingbird engaged in quick turns to capture insects, providing firsthand evidence to support his claim.