 Bird : 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...  Sea-side Walks of a Naturalist with His Children - 第 112 頁William Houghton 著 - 1870 - 154 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - 510 頁
...the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the fore»aid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth...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... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 頁
...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...bigger than a Mallard and lesser than a Goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our Mag-pie,... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 頁
...open, and the first thing that appeareth is the lace, or string (the plumose tentacula) ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth...fowle bigger than a mallard and lesser than a goose," &c. Gerard prefaces his account with " what our eyes have seene, and hands have touched, we shall declare... | |
 | 1823 - 400 頁
...bill. In short space after it cometh to 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 legs, and bill or beake, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our magpie,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 682 頁
...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... | |
 | John Stark - 1828 - 542 頁
...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 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... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 頁
...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...bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beake, and feathers black and white, spotted in such manner as our magpie,... | |
 | James Lawson Drummond - 1831 - 508 頁
...shells open more and more, till at length it is attached only by the bill, soon after which it drops into the sea, " where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle bigger then a mallard, and lesser then a goose." You will find the following lines, from Du Bartas, expressive... | |
 | William MacGillivray - 1834 - 418 頁
...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 to a fowl, bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
 | John Warren - 1834 - 262 頁
...it has all corne 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 groweth to a fowl bigger than a mallard, and lesser than a goose, having black legs, and bill or beak, and feathers... | |
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