 ... 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 maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers...  The Dublin Journal of Medical Science - Page 81878Full 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 space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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 space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gatbereth feathers, and groweth... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1825 - 682 pages
...it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string; next come the legs of the bird hanging...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... | |
 | John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...form of a bird : when it is perfectly formed the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appearcth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs...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... | |
 | 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 space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth... | |
 | 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... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Zoologists - 1834 - 418 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 space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Natural history - 1834 - 408 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 space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth... | |
 | William MacGillivray - Zoologists - 1834 - 418 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 space after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth... | |
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