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 conies, which the Puffins, coming yearly,... The Birds of Long Island - Стр. 369авторы: Jacob Post Giraud - 1844 - Страниц: 397Полный 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...Puffins coming yearly dislodge, and build in their burroughs. They lay each but one egg before they sit, like the Razor-bill and Guillem, although it... | |
| 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...cottage or two lately built. This islet is full of conies, which the Puffins, com ing yearly, dislodge, and build in their burroughs. They lay each but... | |
| 1840 - Страниц: 530
...Shearwater of the moderns. Localities;. Habits; Utility to Man; $-c.—Willughby says:—' At the soutli end of the Isle of Man lies a little islet, divided...a narrow channel called the Calf of Man, on which nre no habitations, but only a cottage or two lately built. This i«let is full of comes, which the... | |
| William Thompson - 1851 - Страниц: 508
...recorded of this species, which is called " the puffin of the Isle of Man ; Puffinus anglorum" — " At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little...cottage or two lately built. This islet is full of conies, which the puffins, coining yearly, dislodge and build in their burroughs. * * * When they [young]... | |
| 1840 - Страниц: 524
...Manks Shearwater of ihe moderns. Localities; Habits; Utility to Man; <$-c. — Willughby says: — ' At the south end of the Isle of Man lies a little...cottage or two- lately built. This islet is full of conies, which the Puffins, coming yearly, dislodge, and build in their burroughs. They lay each but... | |
| 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...cottage or two lately built This islet is full of conies, which the Puffins, coming yearly, dislodge, and build in their burroughs. They lay each but... | |
| 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...yearly, dislodge, and build in their burrows. They lay each but one egg before they sit, like the Razor-bill and Guillem, although it be the common persuasion... | |
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