 Its windpipe is fitted to produce the sound for which it is remarkable; the lower part of it dividing into the lungs, is supplied with a thin loose membrane, that can be filled with a large body of air, and exploded at pleasure.  The Natural History of Ireland - Strona 168autor: William Thompson - 1850Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - Liczba stron: 470
...with a thin loose membrane, that can be filled with a large body of air, and exploded at pleasure. These bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from...the calls to courtship, or of connubial felicity. Prom the loudness and solemnity of the note., many have been led to suppose., that the bird made use... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - Liczba stron: 510
...with a thin loose membrane, that can be filled with a large body of air, and exploded at pleasure. These bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from...the calls to courtship, or of connubial felicity. From the loudness and solemnity of the note, many have been led to suppose that the bird made use of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - Liczba stron: 498
...air, and exploded at pleasure.' The'se bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from the beginniog'of spring to the end of autumn ; and however awful they...the calls to courtship, or of connubial felicity. From the loudness and solemnity of the note, many have been led to suppose that the bird made use of... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - Liczba stron: 612
...supplied with a thin loose membrane, that can be filled with a large body of air and exploded at pleasure. These bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from...the calls to courtship, or of connubial felicity. From the loudness and solemnity of the note, many have been led to suppose, that the bird made use... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - Liczba stron: 522
...with a thin loose membrane, that can be filled with a large body of air, and exploded at pleasure. These bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from...they may seem to us, are the calls to courtship, or connubial felicity. This bird, though of the heron kind, is yet neither so destructive nor so voracious.... | |
 | George Montagu - 1831 - Liczba stron: 670
...supplied with a thin loose membrane that can be filled with a large body of air, and exploded at pleasure. These bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from the beginning of spring to the end of autumn ; and are the usual calls during the pairing season. From the loudness and solemnity of the note, many have... | |
 | Edward Jesse - 1832 - Liczba stron: 566
...This is the ' bittern, whose windpipe is fitted to produce the ' sound for which it is remarkable. These bellowing ' explosions are chiefly heard from...the beginning of ' spring to the end of autumn ; and are the usual ' calls during the pairing season.' ' At evening, o'er the swampy plain, ' The bittern's... | |
 | 1834 - Liczba stron: 700
...with a thin loose membrane, that can be filled with a large body of air, and exploded at pleasure. These bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from...they may seem to us, are the calls to courtship, or connubial felicity. This bird, though of the heron kind, is yet neither so destructive, nor so voracious.... | |
 | James Joseph Nolan - 1850 - Liczba stron: 198
...with a thin, loose membrane, that can be filled with a large body of air, and exploded at pleasure. These bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from...end of autumn, and however awful they may seem to be, are the calls of courtship, or of connubial felicity. It hides in the sedges by day, and begins... | |
 | James Joseph Nolan - 1850 - Liczba stron: 208
...with a thin, loose membrane, that can be filled with a large body of air, and exploded at pleasure. These bellowing explosions are chiefly heard from...end of autumn, and however awful they may seem to be, are the calls of courtship, or of connubial felicity. It hides in the sedges by day, and begins... | |
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