 ... 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 only by the bill : in short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it...  The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. - Sayfa 109editör: - 1865Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 sayfa
...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...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, and feathers... | |
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - 510 sayfa
...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, and feathers... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 sayfa
...hangeth only by the bill : in fliort fpace after it cometh to fnll maturitie, and fallcth into the fea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, and IciTer than a goofe, having blacke legs, bill or beake, and feathers blacke and white, fpotted in fuch... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 sayfa
...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 a fowle bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose," &c. Gerard prefaces his account with " what our... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 682 sayfa
...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 the place. " ' Call by no... | |
 | John Stark - 1828 - 542 sayfa
...till at length it is all come 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 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 sayfa
...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...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, and feathers... | |
 | George Montagu - 1831 - 670 sayfa
...come forth, and hangeth only by the hill. In short space after it cometh to full maturity, and falletb into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth...fowl, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beak, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our magpie,... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 422 sayfa
...falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth * Gesner, De Avibus, iii. 107, &c. 369 to a fowl bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beak, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our magpie,... | |
 | James Rennie - 1833 - 410 sayfa
...the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth * Gesner, De Avibus, iii. 107, &c. ' I BERNACLE. to a fowl bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beak, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our magpie,... | |
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