 Douglas, who supposes that the bird fills it with water as a supply in the midst of those dreary plains where it is accustomed to wander;* it likewise makes a further use of it in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey; on such occasions...  My own annual, ed. by Mark Merriwell - Pàgina 88editat per - 1847Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | James Joseph Nolan - 1850 - 208 pàgines
...wander, and uses it for the supply of the hen while sitting, or the young birds before they can fly. It likewise makes a further use of it, in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey. On such occasions it throws out the water with such violence as not unfrequently to baffle the pursuit... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - 616 pàgines
...who supposes that the bird fills it with water, to supply its thirst in the middle of those extensive plains where it is accustomed to wander. It likewise...defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey : on these occasions, it throws out the water with such violence, as not unfrequently to baffle the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - 1254 pàgines
...who supposes that the bird fills it with water, to supply its (hirst in the middle of those extensive plains where it is accustomed to wander. It likewise...defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey : on these occasions, it throws out the water with such violence, as not unfrequently to baffle the... | |
 | John Frost - 1856 - 406 pàgines
...quarts ; the entrance to it is under the tongue. This singular reservoir the bird is supposed to fill with water, as a supply in the midst of those dreary plains where it is accustomed to wander. The Kori Bustard, of which we give an engraving of the head, is a magnificent bird, inhabiting Southern... | |
 | 1871 - 488 pàgines
...two proposed solutions of this problem seem far from satisfactory, viz. that it may fill this pouch with water " as a supply in the midst of those dreary plains where it is accustomed to wander," and that it may make a further use of the water in defending itself against the attacks of birds of... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pàgines
...supply its thirst in the midst of those extensive plains where it is accustomed to wander. The Bustard likewise makes a further use of it, in defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey: on these occasions it throws out the water with such violence, as not unfrequently to baffle the pursuit... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - 1885 - 472 pàgines
...was first discovered by Dr. * Harrington's Misc. p. 553. Douglas, who supposes that the bird fills it with water as a supply in the midst of those dreary...defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey; on such occasions it throws out the water with such violence as to baffle the pursuit of its enemy.... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1854 - 986 pàgines
...tongue. This singular reservoir was first discovered by Dr. Douglas, who supposes that the bird fills it with water as a supply in the midst of those dreary...defending itself against the attacks of birds of prey ; on such occasions it throws out the water with such violence as not unfrequently to baffle the pursuit... | |
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