 At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little islet, divided from Man by a narrow channel, called the Calf of Man, on which are no habitations but only a cottage or two lately built. This islet is full of rabbits, which the Puffins coming yearly dislodge,...  The Natural History of Ireland - Стр. 405авторы: William Thompson - 1851Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1816 - Страниц: 386
...writers, gives the following account of the coming of these birds to breed in the Isle of Man : — • " At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little...cottage or two lately built. This islet is full of rabbits, which the Puffins coming yearly dislodge, and build in their burroughs. They lay each but... | |
 | 1840 - Страниц: 522
...Manks Shearwater of the moderns. Localities; Habits; Utility to Man; 8,-c. — \Vilhighby says: — ' At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little...built. This islet is full of conies, which the Puffins, com ing yearly, dislodge, and build in their burroughs. They lay each but one epg before they sit,... | |
 | 1840 - Страниц: 530
...Shearwater of the moderns. Localities;. Habits; Utility to Man; $-c.—Willughby says:—' At the soutli end of the Isle of Man lies a little islet, divided...a narrow channel called the Calf of Man, on which nre no habitations, but only a cottage or two lately built. This i«let is full of comes, which the... | |
 | Jacob Post Giraud - 1844 - Страниц: 430
...distances seaward. •' In the Northern British Islands it is common during the breed, ing season. At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little...cottage or two, lately built. This islet is full of rabbits, which the Puffins, coming yearly dislodge, and build in their burrows. They lay but one egg.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1867 - Страниц: 660
...Young of the Year. — All the lower parts of a more or less deep ashcolour. Willughby says : — " At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little blet, divided from Man by a narrow channel called the Calf of Man, on which are no habitations, but... | |
 | Robert Lloyd Patterson - 1880 - Страниц: 282
...FRS, published in 1678, it is spoken of as "the Puffin of the Isle of Man;" and this author says, " At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little islet, called the Calf of Man, on which are no habitations, but only a cottage or two lately built. This islet... | |
 | Thomas Bewick - 1885 - Страниц: 462
...subsequent writers, gives the following account of the coming of these birds to breed in the Isle of Man:— "At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little...cottage or two, lately built. This islet is full of rabbits, which the Puffins, coming yearly, dislodge, and build in their burrows. They lay each but... | |
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