 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1823 - 556 pàgines
...authority in the present case depending not on hearsay, but his own observation, may be here taken,) informs us, that walking one day in his garden he...which it had caught. Kneeling down he distinctly saw jt cut off the head and abdomen, and then taking up with its feet the trunk or middle portion of the... | |
 | Gill's scientific, technological and microscopic repository - 1829 - 424 pàgines
...reason in the ants. Dr.. Darwin observes, that he perceived a wasp upon the gravel-walk in his garden, with a large fly, nearly as big as itself, which it...he distinctly saw it cut off the head and abdomen of it, and then, taking up with its feet the trunk and middle portion of the body, to which the wings... | |
 | William Rhind - 1830 - 376 pàgines
...reflecting faculty, even in the most insignificant of insects, I shall here briefly mention:—Dr Darwin informs us, that, walking one day in his garden, he perceived a wasp upon the gravel-walk with a large fly, nearly as big as itself, which it had caught. Kneeling down, he distinctly... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - 566 pàgines
...think, conclusive of the fact of these insects possessing something approaching very near to it. He informs us that walking one day in his garden, he perceived a wasp upon the gravel-walk, with a large fly, nearly as big as itself, which it had caught. Kneeling down, he distinctly... | |
 | William Youatt - 1839 - 238 pàgines
...wise as nature, and as fix'd as fate. Dr. Darwin used to tell a curious story of a wasp. As he was walking one day in his garden he perceived a wasp upon the gravel-walk with a fly almost as large as itself, which it had just caught. Kneeling down in order... | |
 | 1840 - 220 pàgines
...curious account of a wasp. As he was walking one day in his garden, he perceived one of these insects upon the gravel walk, with a large fly nearly as"; big as itself, which it had caught.r^ Kneeling down, he distinctly saw it cut • ; off the head, and then, taking up with •... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - 1843 - 452 pàgines
...authority in the present case depending not on hearsay, but his own observation, may be here taken) informs us, that walking one day in his garden, he perceived a wasp upon the gravel 1 Huber, ii. 268. VOL. II. EE walk with a large 6y nearly as big as itself which it had caught. Kneeling... | |
 | 1852 - 432 pàgines
...somehow or other, " contrive," like the Wasp, to get through many "difficulties."— As Dr. Darwin was walking one day in his garden, he perceived a wasp...had caught. Kneeling down, he distinctly saw it cut oft' the head and abdomen, and then, taking np with its feet the trunk, or middle portion of the body,... | |
 | WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A. F.R.S. F.L.S. - 1858 - 676 pàgines
...authority in the present case depending not on hearsay, but his own observation, may be here taken) informs us, that walking one day in his garden, he...with a large fly nearly as big as itself which it had canght. Kneeling down he distinctly saw it cut off the head and abdomen, and then, taking up with its... | |
 | Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pàgines
...perseveringly continued till Huber relieved them by fixing the comb firmly on the table. Dr. Darwin informs us, that, walking one day in his garden, he perceived a wasp upon the gravel walk, with a fly nearly as big as itself. Kneeling down, he distinctly saw it cut ofl' the head and abdomen, and... | |
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Kneeling down he distinctly saw it cut off the head a»d abdomen, and then taking up with its feet the trunk or middle portion of the. body to which the wings remained attached, fly away. But a breeze of wind acting upon the wings of the fly turned round... 
