 ... through the tussocks, or on the side of a grassy cliff, it moved so very quickly that it might readily have been mistaken for a quadruped. When at sea, and fishing, it comes to the surface, for the purpose of breathing, with such a spring, and dives...  The Intellectual Observer - Página 4031865Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Laughlan Bellingham Mackinnon - 1840 - 104 páginas
...the purpose of breathing with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one, at first sight, to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport." These, with shags, curlews, some beautiful varieties of the dove, and a few land species, are the principal... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1849 - 396 páginas
...the purpose of breathing, with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one at first sight to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport."* Of the same species, apparently, Captain Fitzroy thus speaks : — " Multitudes of Penguins were swarming... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - 478 páginas
...the purpose of breathing, with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one at first sight to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport." These birds feed their young in a very singular manner. The parent bird gets on a hillock, and apparently... | |
 | William Somerville Orr - 1855 - 566 páginas
...the purpose of breathing, with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one at first sight to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport." On shore, from the extremely backward position of their feet, the Penguin^ are only able to stand in... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1859 - 720 páginas
...the purpose of breathing, with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one at first sight to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport." The following interesting account, probably referring to this species, is furnished by Captain Fitzroy.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 páginas
...the purpose of breathing, with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one at first sight to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport." (' Voyages of the Adventure and Beagle;' Darwin, 'Researches in Geology and Natural History.') Bougainville... | |
 | Gems - 1868 - 194 páginas
...note is very deep and solemn, and is often heard in the night-time. In diving, its little plumelcss wings are used for fins. When at sea and fishing,...one species, the jackass penguin, breeding in the 1'alkland Islands, situated in 51U south latitude, Captain С. С. Abbott writes, "Thousands visit... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - 374 páginas
...the purpose of breathing with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one, at first sight, to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport." Bougainville endeavoured to bring home a Penguin alive. It became so tame that it followed the person... | |
 | 1871 - 112 páginas
...While at sea, and undisturbed, its note is very deep and solemn, and is often heard in the night-time. In diving, its little plumeless wings are used for...sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport." The various species have very different modes of making their nests and hatching their eggs. Writing of... | |
 | William Jones (F. S.) - 1871 - 488 páginas
...the purpose of breathing with such a spring, and dives again so instantaneously, that I defy any one at first sight to be sure that it is not a fish leaping for sport." One of the greatest destroyers of fish is the Cormorant, belonging to the family Pelicanida, or " Pelicans,"... | |
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