| Zoological Society of London - 1834 - 178 стор.
...evidently procured food, as on raising the head, after withdrawing the beak, the mandibles were seen in lateral motion, as is usual when the animal masticates....greatly improved its sleek and glossy appearance. After its second excursion it was replaced in the box, which was not opened again until the following... | |
| Society for the diffusion of useful knowledge - 1840 - 522 стор.
...its food in the mud and water, are the same as those of a duck when feeding in similar situations. After feeding, it would lie sometimes on the grassy...partly out of the water, combing and cleaning its coat as usual with the claws of the hind feet. After permitting it to swim, feed, and clean itself for an... | |
| 1840 - 1046 стор.
...its food in the mud and water, are the same as those of a duck when feeding in similar situations. After feeding, it would lie sometimes on the grassy...partly out of the water, combing and cleaning its coat as usual with the claws of the hind feel. After permitting it to swim, feed, and clean itself for an... | |
| 1840 - 540 стор.
...mud and water, are the same as those of a duck when feeding in similar situations. After feeding.it would lie sometimes on the grassy bank, and at others...partly out of the water, combing and cleaning its coat as usual with the claws of the hind feet. After permitting it to swim, feed, and clean itself for an... | |
| William Jardine - 1841 - 466 стор.
...evidently procured food, as on raising the head, after withdrawing the heak, the mandibles were seen in lateral motion, as is usual when the animal masticates....combing and cleaning its coat with the claws of the hind-feet. This process occupied a considerable time, and greatly improved its sleek and glossy appearance.... | |
| 1841 - 530 стор.
...its food in the mud and water, are tho same as those of a duck when feeding in similar situations. After feeding, it would lie sometimes on the grassy...bank, and at others partly in and partly out of the wuter, combing and cleaning its coat as usual with the claws of the hind feet. After permitting it... | |
| 1844 - 1128 стор.
...states, that one of these animals which he kept some time in, his possession, after feeding would lie partly in and partly out of the water, combing and...cleaning its coat with the claws of the hind feet, and that after this process, which occupied a considerable time, its sleek and glossy appearance was... | |
| Philip Henry Gosse - 1848 - 320 стор.
...were basking and fluttering about the surface, close to it, no attempt was made to capture them .... After feeding it would lie sometimes on the grassy...partly out of the water, combing and cleaning its coat, as usual, with the claws of the hind-feet. After permitting it to swim, feed, and clean itself for... | |
| Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 стор.
...its food in the mud and water, are the same as those of a duck when feeding in similar situations. After feeding, it would lie sometimes on the grassy...partly out of the water, combing and cleaning its coat as usual with the claws of the hind feet. After permitting it to swim, feed, and clean itself for an... | |
| Charles Knight - 1867 - 660 стор.
...its food in the mud and water, are the same as those of a duck when feeding in similar situations. After feeding, it would lie sometimes on the grassy...partly out of the water, combing and cleaning its coat as usual with the claws of the hind feet. After permitting it to swim, feed, and clean itself for an... | |
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