| 1851 - Страниц: 1000
...upper mandible alone appearing above the surface, while the lower must have been used as a scoop net, as I saw it raised from time to time, and brought...meet the upper, when the whole bill immediately fell into a perpendicular position, the water was allowed to run out, and being again raised upwards, the... | |
| Johann Georg Heck - 1860 - Страниц: 984
...upper mandible alone appearing above the surface, while the lower must have been used as a scoop net, as I saw it raised from time to time, and brought...meet the upper, when the whole bill immediately fell into a perpendicular position, the water was allowed to run out, and being again raised upwards, the... | |
| 1868 - Страниц: 770
...of White Pelicans swimming against the wind and current, with their wings partially extended, their neck stretched out, the upper mandible alone appearing...a scoopnet, as I saw it raised from time to time, anil brought to meet the upper, when the whole bill Immediately fell to a perpendicular position, the... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1858 - Страниц: 786
...a flock of the brown species, all at work searching for food. ' The White Pelicans,' says he, Swam against the wind and current, with their wings partially...a perpendicular position, the water was allowed to ran out, ami the bill being again raised upwards, the fish was swallowed. After thus swimming for about... | |
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