 ... 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
 | Early English newspapers - 1877 - 802 pages
...groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come foorth, 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 then a Mallard, and lesser then a Goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | Medicine - 1878 - 584 pages
...length it is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space 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." Here we have spontaneous generation and Darwinian... | |
 | Andrew Wilson - Biology - 1879 - 450 pages
...groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come foorth, 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... | |
 | Science - 1880 - 900 pages
...groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it is all come foorth, 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 then a Mallard, and lesser than a Goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | Science - 1880 - 922 pages
...shell by degrees, till at length it is all come foorth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short apace after it commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into...sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a foule, bigger then a Mallard, and lesser than a Goose, having blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers... | |
 | William Jones - Superstition - 1880 - 778 pages
...is all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in a short time after it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to fowle bigger than a mallard, and less than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
 | Beata Francis - Animal behavior - 1881 - 280 pages
...groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it all commeth forth and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it commeth to full...into the sea, where it gathereth feathers and groweth into fowle bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose." It is a great pity that Gerard only imagined... | |
 | Marlborough College (Marlborough, England). Natural History Society - Natural history - 1881 - 860 pages
...it openeth the shell by degrees til at length it is all come forth and hangeth onoly by the bill j in short space after it commeth to full maturitie...falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers and growpth to a fowlo bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a goose, hauing blackc legs, and bill and... | |
 | Fisheries - 1883 - 718 pages
...come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, til at length it is all come forth, and hangeth onely...fowle bigger than a Mallard, and lesser than a Goose, hauing blacke legs and bill or beake, and feathers blacke and white, spotted in such manner as is our... | |
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