 | 1886 - Страниц: 400
...not those which have the largest families the most frequently. The Fulmar petrel, says Mr. Darwin, lays but one egg ; yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world. The passenger pigeon of the United States, according to Mr. Wallace, lays only one egg, or, at the most... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1860 - Страниц: 526
...oftrich a fcore, and yet in the fame country the condor may be the more numerous of the two ; the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the moft numerous bird in the world :" — and then, by and by, he adds, with the acutenefs of his boyhood,... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1860 - Страниц: 530
...oftrich a fcore, and yet in the fame country the condor may be the more numerous of the two ; the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the moir numerous bird in the world:" — and then, by and by, he adds, with the acutencls of his boyhood,... | |
 | robert scott burn - 1861 - Страниц: 738
...ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two; the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world. We are not aware how much the mud of ponds is sometimes charged with seeds. Mr Darwin, on one occasion,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - Страниц: 470
...ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two : the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world. One fly deposits hundreds of eggs, and another, like the hippobosca, a single one ; but this difference... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1864 - Страниц: 472
...ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two : the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world. One fly deposits hundreds of eggs, and another, like the hippobosca, a single one ; but this difference... | |
 | 1872 - Страниц: 830
..." Origin of Species," chapter third, especially to the paragraph in which he states that the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world."— EDITORS. a stick, the shavings are of no benefit to him. But the activity which produced the shavings... | |
 | 1872 - Страниц: 828
...Species," chapter tinnì, e-pecially to the paragraph in which he stati-~ that the Fulmar petrel lays hut one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world."— EDITOUS. a stick, the shavings are of no benefit to him. But the activity which produced 1>he shavings... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce - 1874 - Страниц: 406
...ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two. The fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world.' This is followed by a passage which well illustrates the care and cleverness of Mr. Darwin's own observations... | |
 | Samuel Wilberforce - 1874 - Страниц: 412
...ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two. The. fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the moot numerous bird in the world.' This is followed by a passage which well illustrates the care and... | |
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The condor lays a couple of eggs and the ostrich a score, and yet in the same country the condor may be the more numerous of the two ; the Fulmar petrel lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the most numerous bird in the world. 
