| William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pągines
...appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird hanging out ; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,...by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than... | |
| Sir Robert Sibbald - 1803 - 510 pągines
...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... | |
| William Wood - 1815 - 460 pągines
...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... | |
| 1820 - 188 pągines
...openeth the shell by degrees, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth by the bill ; in a short space after, it cometh to full maturity, and falleth into the sea, when it gaihereth feathers, and groweth to a fowl, bigger than a mallard, and less than a goose, having... | |
| 1823 - 400 pągines
...appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird, hanging out; and, as it groweth greater, it openeth the shell by degrees,...by the 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... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 342 pągines
...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 maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and grow. eth to a fowl bigger than... | |
| Maria Edgeworth - 1827 - 332 pągines
...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, \t cometh to maturity, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and eth to a fowl bigger... | |
| John Stark - 1828 - 542 pągines
...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 commeth to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a... | |
| William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pągines
...time cometh into the shape and form of a bird. When it is perfectly formed, the shell gapeth open, and the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace...by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie, and falleth into the sea, where it gathereth feathers, and groweth to a fowle, bigger than... | |
| James Rennie - 1833 - 422 pągines
...shell by degrees till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short spuce after it cometh to full maturity, and 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... | |
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