 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,...by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than... | |
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to fowle bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 pages
...all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose," &c. Gerard prefaces his account with " what our... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth by the bill ; in a short space after, it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, when it gaihereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than a mallard, and less than a goose, having... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird, hanging out; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,...by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gatbereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 342 pages
...bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after, it cometh to maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and grow. eth to a fowl bigger than... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1827 - 332 pages
...bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after, \t cometh to maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and eth to a fowl bigger... | |
 | John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...time cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace...by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...shell by degrees till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short spuce after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth * Gesner, De Avibus, iii. 107, &c. 369 to a fowl bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose, having... | |
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When it is perfectly formed the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace, or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out ; and as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come... 
