 | Ezra Sampson - 1813 - Liczba stron: 434
...for his name, family, and descendants. CORMORANT, a sea fowl, about the size of a large Muscovy duck. The head and neck of this bird are of a sooty blackness ; and the body thick and heavy, more inclined in figure to that of a goose than the gull. The bill is straight till near the end, where... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - Liczba stron: 470
...kind, by its four toes being united by membranes together ; and by the middle toe being toothed or notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy...a sooty blackness : and the body thick and heavy, more inclining in figure to that of the goose than the gull. The bill is straight, till near the end,... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1816 - Liczba stron: 432
...for his name, family, and descendants. CORMORANT, a sea fowl, about the size of a large Muscovy duck. The head and neck of this bird are of a sooty blackness ; and the body thick and heavy, more inclined in fignre to that of a goose than the gun. The bill is straight till hear the end, where... | |
 | J. Macloc - 1820 - Liczba stron: 348
...distinguished character, however, consists in its toes being united by membranes, and by the middle toe being notched like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy prey. On the approach of winter, these birds are seen dispersed along the sea-shore, and ascending the mouths... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - Liczba stron: 510
...this kind, by its four toes being united by membranes together, and by the middle toe being toothed or notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy...of a sooty blackness; and the body thick and heavy, more inclining in figure to that of the goose than the gull. The bill is straight till near the end,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1824 - Liczba stron: 498
...this kigd, by its four toes being united by membranes together, and by the middle tun being toothed or notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding- its fishy prey. 'i The head tod neck of this bird are of a, sooty blackness; and the body thick and heavy, more inclining... | |
 | Mary Trimmer - 1825 - Liczba stron: 278
...distinguished character, however, consists in its toes being united by membranes, and by the middle toe being notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy prey. On the approach of winter, these birds are seen dispersed along the seashore, and ascending the mouths... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - Liczba stron: 612
...kind, by its four toes being united by membranes together ; and by the middle toe being toothed, or notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy...a sooty blackness ; and the body thick and heavy, more inclining in figure to that of the goose than the gull. The bill is straight, till near the end,... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - Liczba stron: 376
...distinguished by its four toes being united by membranes together ; and by the middle toe being toothed or notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy...of a sooty blackness, and the body thick and heavy, more inclining in figure to that of the goose than the gull. As soon as the winter approaches, they... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1833 - Liczba stron: 420
...this kind, by its four toes being united together by membranes, and by the middle toe being toothed or notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy prey. Its head and neck are of a sooty blackness, and the body thick and heavy, more inclining in figure... | |
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... and by the middle toe being toothed, or notched, like a saw, to assist it in holding its fishy prey. The head and neck of this bird are of a sooty blackness ; and the body thick and heavy, more inclining in figure to that of the goose than the gull. 
