 ... 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
 | Thomas Brown - Mollusks - 1835 - 234 pages
...the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the foresaid lace or string; next comes the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth...forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space often it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where itgathereth feathers, and groweth... | |
 | Edward Stanley (bishop of Norwich) - Birds - 1835 - 324 pages
...out, and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length * Herbal, p. 1587. 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... | |
 | Edward Stanley - Birds - 1835 - 334 pages
...out, and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees, till at length * Herbal, p. 1587it 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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Brothers and sisters - 1837 - 344 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...all come 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... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 784 pages
...the fish of oisters and muskles ; the other end is made fast unto the belly of a rude mass, or lumpe, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird....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... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 794 pages
...lumpe, which in time cometh to the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, theshell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is...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... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1865 - 1236 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 full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1844 - 608 pages
...lace of silk finely wo?en as it were together, of a whitish colour, one end whereof is fastened unto the inside of the shell, even as the fish of oysters...full maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it jathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than a Mallard, and lesser than a Goose, having black... | |
 | Periodicals - 1844 - 276 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 maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and growcth... | |
 | Eusèbe Salverte - Magic - 1847 - 352 pages
...describes the coming forth of the bird : "Next came the legs of the bird hanging out ; and as it (the bird) groweth greater it openeth the shell by degrees, till...forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short space after it commeth to full matnritie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth... | |
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