 | 1843 - 524 стор.
...that vibratory one common to most of the species which produces the humming noise. He declares that he never saw any other bird where the force of its...powerful in proportion to the weight of its body. lie tells us that when hovering by a flower, its tail is constantly expanded and shut like a fan, the... | |
 | 1843 - 1040 стор.
...that vibratory one common to most of the 5»ecies which produces the humming noise. He declares that he never saw any other bird where the force of its...powerful in proportion to the weight of its body. He tells us that when hovering by a flower, its tail is constantly expanded and shut like a fan, the... | |
 | Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1843 - 532 стор.
...produces the humming noise. He declares trat he never saw any other bird where the force of its «mgs appeared (as in a butterfly) so powerful in proportion to the weight of its body. He tells us that when bovcring by a flower, its tail is constantly expanded and shut like a fan, the... | |
 | Wonders - 1848 - 496 стор.
...of the species ; he declares that he never saw any other bird where the force of the wings appeared so powerful in proportion to the weight of its body. When hovering by a flower its tail is constantly spread and shut like a fan, the body being kept in nearly a vertical position. This action appears... | |
 | William Charles Linnaeus Martin - 1852 - 312 стор.
...the species, which produces the humming noise. I never saw any other bird in which the force of the wings appeared (as in a butterfly), so powerful in proportion to the weight of the body. When hovering by a flower, its tail is constantly expanded and shut like a fan, the body... | |
 | 1879 - 1036 стор.
...appearance. Like others of the family it moves from place to place with a rapidity which may be comwhose wings appeared (as in a butterfly) so powerful in...weight of its body. When hovering by a flower, its tail was constantly being expanded and shut like a fan, the body being kept in a nearly vertical position.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1884 - 574 стор.
...different from that vibratory one common to most of the species, which produces the humming noise. I never saw any other bird, where the force of its wings...flower, its tail is constantly expanded and shut like a iun, the body being kept in a nearly vertical position. This action appears to steady and support the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1889 - 628 стор.
...different from that vibratory one common to most of the species, which produces the humming noise. I never saw any other bird where the force of its wings...the body being kept in a nearly vertical position. This action appears to steady and support the bird between the slow movements of its wings. Although... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1889 - 462 стор.
...different from that vibratory one common to most of the species, which produces the humming noise. I never saw any other bird, where the force of its wings appeared (as in a butterfly) so * It is a remarkable fact, that Molina, though describing in detail all the birds and animals of Chile,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1890 - 604 стор.
...different from that vibratory one common to most of the species, which produces the humming noise. I never saw any other bird, where the force of its wings...tail is constantly expanded and shut like a fan, the 1 It is a remarkable fact, that Molina, though describing in detail all the birds and animals of Chile,... | |
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Sphinx among moths; but whilst hovering over a flower, it flaps its wings with a very slow and powerful movement, totally different from that vibratory one common to most of the species, which produces the humming noise. I never saw any other bird, where... 
