 ... places. On asking the owner the cause of this, he bitterly complained of the little casarita, several of which I afterwards observed at work. It is rather curious to find how incapable these birds must be of acquiring any notion of thickness, for...  The Harvard Classics - Стр. 1061909Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Gilbert White - 1843 - Страниц: 424
...shortest circuitous route, for otherwise they would not have made so many vain attempts." He adds, — " I do not doubt that each bird, as often as it came...side, was greatly surprised at the marvellous fact." — LJ seldom mounting to any great height, and never sweeping long together over the surface of the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1846 - Страниц: 716
...of acquiring any notion of thickness, for although they were constantly flitting over the low wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking...side, was greatly surprised at the marvellous fact. is a partition, which reaches nearly to the roof, thus forming a passage or antechamber to the true... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1855 - Страниц: 472
...of acquiring any notions of thickness, for although they were constantly flitting over the low wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking...side, was greatly surprised at the marvellous fact." 12. 3rd. Man is distinguished from the inferior animals by the power of forming abstract ideas, and... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 786
...acquiring any notions of thickness ; for although they were constantly flitting over the low wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking...opposite side, was greatly surprised at the marvellous faet."J 3d. Man is distinguished from the inferior animals by the power of forming abstraet ideas,... | |
 | Missouri. State Board of Agriculture - 1870 - Страниц: 592
...any notion of thickness, that, although he saw specimens constantly flitting over a low clay wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking it an excellent bank for their nests.* Many such instances of misdirected instinct might be cited, and they all lead me to believe that the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - Страниц: 546
...of acquiring any notion of thickness, for although they were constantly flitting over the low wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking...three species occur, namely. the Dasypus minutus or picky, the D. villosus or peludo, and the apar. The first extends ten degrees further south than any... | |
 | 1871 - Страниц: 492
...any notion of thickness, that, although he saw specimens constantly flitting over a low clay wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking it an excellent bank for their nests. Many such instances of misdirected instinct might be cited, and they all lead me to believe that the... | |
 | 1871 - Страниц: 612
...any notion of thickness, that, although he saw specimens constantly flitting over a low clay wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking it an excellent bank for their nests. Many such instances of misdirected instinct might be cited, and they all lead me to believe that the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1873 - Страниц: 552
...of acquiring any notion of thickness, for although they were constantly flitting over the low wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking it an excellent bank for their nests. 1 do not doubt that each bird, as often as it came to daylight on the opposite side, was greatly surprised... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1876 - Страниц: 586
...of acquiring any notion of thickness, for although they were constantly flitting over the low wall, they continued vainly to bore through it, thinking...marvellous fact. I have already mentioned nearly all ths mammalia common iu this country. Of armadilloes three species occur, namely, the Dasypus minutus... | |
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