 | 1813 - Страниц: 716
...ind on their wings, enable them to do this with ease. In calm weather they perform the same manoeuvre by keeping their wings just so much in action as to...obtained the name Petrel, from the apostle Peter, who, as the Scripturr informs us, also walked on the water. ^ " As these birds often come up immediately under... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - Страниц: 344
...on their wings, enable them to do this with ease. In calm weather they perform the same manoeuvre, by keeping their wings just so much in action as to...from the apostle Peter, who, as Scripture informs MS, also walked on the water. As these birds often come up immediately under the Stern, one can examine... | |
 | 1831 - Страниц: 470
...on their wings, enable them to do this with ease. In calm weather they perform the same manœuvre, by keeping their wings just so much in action as to...habit that the whole genus have obtained the name Petrel,from lhe apostle Peter, who, as Scripture informs us, also walked on the water. As these birds... | |
 | 1834 - Страниц: 440
...wings, enable them with ease to assume this position. In calm weather they perform the same manoeuvre by keeping their wings just so much in action as to...prevent their feet from sinking below the surface." The Stormy Petrel (Thalassidroma pelagica, VIGORS.) Length, about six inches. " There are," says the... | |
 | 1840 - Страниц: 382
...stand on the surface of the water, — with ease. In calm weather, they perform the same manoeuvre, by keeping their wings just so much in action as to...According to Buffon, it is from this singular habit these birds are named Petrel, the name being derived from Peter, the apostle, who, the Scripture informs... | |
 | 1845 - Страниц: 518
...wings, enable them with ease to assume this position. lu calm weather they perform the same manœuvre by keeping their wings just so much in action as to...prevent their feet from sinking below the surface." "There are," says the same writer in another place, " few persons, who have crossed the Atlantic, that... | |
 | Philip Henry Gosse - 1849 - Страниц: 344
...on their wings, enable them to do this with ease. In calm weather they perform the same manoeuvre, by keeping their wings just so much in action, as...prevent their feet from sinking below the surface." * The present species appears to aflect the American more than the European side of the Atlantic Wilson... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - Страниц: 616
...to assume this position. In calm weather they perform the same manoeuvre by keeping their wings lust so much in action as to prevent their feet from sinking below the surface." " There are," says the same writer in another place, "few persons who have crossed the Atlantic that... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - Страниц: 1254
...assume this position. In calm weather they perform the same manœuvre, by keeping their wings just as much in action as to prevent their feet from sinking below the surface. " There are few persons who have crossed the Atlantic that have not observed these solitary wanderers... | |
 | John George Wood - 1855 - Страниц: 478
...wind on their wings enable them to do this with ease. In calm weather they perform the same manoeuvre by keeping their wings just so much in action as to...as Scripture informs us, also walked on the water." The WANDERING ALBATROS, the largest of the genus, is a well-known bird in the southern seas, following... | |
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... facing to windward, with their long wings expanded, and their webbed feet patting the water, the lightness of their bodies, and the action of the wind on their wings, enable them to do this with ease. In calm weather they perform the same manoeuvre,... 
