 | William Bingley - Animal behavior - 1803 - 606 pages
...open, and the first thing that 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, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie,... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...llring ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth the ihell by degrees, till at length it is all come forth and hangeth only by the bill : in fliort fpace after it cometh to fnll maturitie, and fallcth into the fea, where it gathereth feathers,... | |
 | William Wood - 1815 - 460 pages
...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 greater it openeth...degrees, 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... | |
 | Chapbooks - 1820 - 188 pages
...open, and the first thing that appeai-eth, is ttvs aforesaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird, hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it 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... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1823 - 400 pages
...open, and the first thing that 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, till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill. In short space after it cometh to full maturitie,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1825 - 682 pages
...open, and the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth...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... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - Didactic fiction - 1827 - 332 pages
...open, and the first thing that appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater, it openeth...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... | |
 | John Stark - Natural history - 1828 - 542 pages
...open, and the first thing that appearcth is the foresaid lace or string ; next come the legs of the bird hanging out, and as it groweth greater it openeth...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,... | |
 | William Bingley - 1829 - 350 pages
...appeareth is the aforesaid lace or string ; next cometh the legs of the bird 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 space after it cometh to full maturitie,... | |
 | James Rennie - Animal behavior - 1833 - 422 pages
...open, and the first thing that appeared) 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 till at length it has all come forth, and hangeth only by the bill ; in short spuce after it cometh to full maturity,... | |
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... 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, till at length it is all... 
