 ... 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 full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl...  A history of British birds - Page 88by Francis Orpen Morris - 1856Full view - About this book
 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short...falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having black legs, and bill or beake,... | |
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - Botany - 1803 - 510 pages
...till at length it is 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,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...llring ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the ihell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill : in fliort fpace after it cometh to fnll maturitie, and fallcth into the fea, where it gathereth feathers,... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 pages
...lace, or string (the plumose tentacula) ; 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 forth, and hangeth onely by the bill : in short space after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...bird, hanging out; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short...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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Architecture - 1825 - 342 pages
...appeareth is the aforesaid 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...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
...appeareth is the aforesaid 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...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
...appearcth 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...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
...hanging out; and, as the bird groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short...falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or... | |
 | James Rennie - Birds - 1833 - 410 pages
...the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees till at length 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 * Gesner, De Avibus, iii.... | |
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