 ... 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...  The Aquarian Naturalist: A Manual for the Sea-side - Page 386by Thomas Rymer Jones - 1858 - 524 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the fore»aid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging...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...bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our Mag-pie,... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 pages
...shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the lace, or string (the plumose tentacula) ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as...fowle bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose," &c. Gerard prefaces his account with " what our eyes have seene, and hands have touched, we shall declare... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...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 a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our magpie,... | |
 | 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
...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...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...bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our magpie,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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