 The powers of its wing were wonderful, exceeding, if possible, the various evolutions and quick turns of the swallow genus. But the circumstance that pleased me most was, that I saw it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg while on the wing,...  The Natural History of Selborne - Сторінка 180автори: Gilbert White - 1868Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Linnean Society of London - 1825 - 666 стор.
...of the head, deliver somewhat into its mouth. If it takes any part of its prey with its foot, as 1 have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these...which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw." Nat. Hist . of Selborne, Letter 37. p. 94. Mr. Wilson, another accurate observer of Nature, assigns... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1831 - 690 стор.
...foot, as I have the greatest reason to believe it does chafers, (Zantheumia solstifialis, LEACH, us.,) I no longer wonder at the use of its middle toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw*.' Mr. Dillon has recently controverted this opinion ; his observations leading him to suppose that the... | |
 | Samuel Roper - 1832 - 178 стор.
...motions of the Caprimulgus, or Fern Owl, as it was playing round a large oak, that swarmed with scarabaei solstitiales, or fern-chafers. The powers of its wing...which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw.* These peculiar birds can only be watched and observed for two hours in the twenty-four, and then in... | |
 | S. Waring - 1832 - 280 стор.
...part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chaffers, I no longer wonder at the use of its middle toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw." This last opinion of White's has been much controverted: some have supposed that the movement of the... | |
 | S. Waring - 1832 - 284 стор.
...part of its prey with its foot, as I have now the greatest reason to suppose it does these chaffers, I no longer wonder at the use of its middle toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw." This last opinion of White's has been much controverted: some have supposed that the movement of the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 стор.
...motions of the caprimulgus, or fern-owl, as it was playing round a large oak that swarmed with scarabcei solstitiales, or fernchafers*. The powers of its wing...claw. Swallows and martins, the bulk of them I mean, * We find the following additional information regarding the goat-sucker, in Mr. White's Miscellaneous... | |
 | 1840 - 506 стор.
...any part of its prey with its foot, as I have now great reason to suppose it does these chafers, 1 no longer wonder at the use of its middle toe, which is curiously furnished, with a serrated claw." Mr. Vigors (loc. oil.) remarks that the common Barn Owl (Slrix fummea) possesses the same character... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 стор.
...circumstance that pleased me most was that I saw it distinctly more than once put out its short leg when on the wing, and by a bend of the head deliver somewhat...which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw." We have no doubt that Mr. White describes what he saw ; but he did not see the bird strike with its... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1835 - 352 стор.
...its prey with its foot, as he has now the greatest reason to suppose it does, he no longer wonders at the use of its middle toe, which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. The fern-owl is very foolishly supposed by country people to suck goats ; hence their name of goat-sucker... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 стор.
...any of the others, with the exception of the pipistrclle (erroneously named Vr»p, Mttriaus by all it distinctly, more than once, put out its short leg...which is curiously furnished with a serrated claw. 1HK UOAHU--KKK. Swallows and martins, the bulk of them 1 mean, have forsaken us sooner this year than... | |
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