 ... 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...  Half hours in the deep - Page 280by Half hours - 1875Full view - About this book
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and...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 Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where...gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers black and white,... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 pages
...openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and...gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose," &c. Gerard prefaces his account with " what our eyes have seene,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1825 - 682 pages
...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 groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, lesser than a goose, which the people of — ' " Lucy put her finger over... | |
 | John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...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...sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a foule bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where...gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers black and white,... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - Animals - 1831 - 508 pages
...shells open more and more, till at length it is attached only by the bill, soon after which it drops into the sea, " where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger then a mallard, and lesser then a goose." You will find the following lines, from Du Bartas, expressive... | |
 | John Warren - Mollusks - 1834 - 262 pages
...it has all corne forth, and hangeth only by the bill: in a short space after, it cometh to maturity and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Natural history - 1834 - 408 pages
...it has all come forth and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Zoologists - 1834 - 418 pages
...it has all come forth and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
| |
