 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - Liczba stron: 470
...be all white. But what chiefly excites curiosity are, the two long naked feathers above mentioned, ' which spring from the upper part of the rump above the tail, and which are usually about three feet long. These are bearded only at the beginning and the end ;... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1828 - Liczba stron: 612
...be all white. But what chiefly excites curiosity are, the two long naked feathers above mentioned, which spring from the upper part of the rump above the tail, and which • are usually about three feet long. These are bearded only at the beginning and the end... | |
 | Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon - 1831 - Liczba stron: 522
...which reason the hinder part of the tail appears to be all white. But what chiefly excites curiosity are two long naked feathers, which spring from the upper part of the rump above the tail, and which are usually about two feet long. These are bearded only at the beginning and the end ; the... | |
 | 1834 - Liczba stron: 700
...which reason the hinder part of the tail appears to be all white. But what chiefly excites curiosity are two long naked feathers, which spring from the upper part of the rump above the tail, and which are usually about two feet long. These are bearded only at the beginning and the end ; the... | |
 | 1850 - Liczba stron: 740
...wings are of a beautiful brown, intermixed with purple and gold. The upper part of the tail feathers are a pale yellow ; but the under ones, which are longer, are a delicate white. That part of its plumage, however, which principally arrests the attention, is two long naked feathers,... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1836 - Liczba stron: 720
...wings are of a beautiful brown, intermixed with purple and gold. The upper part of the tail feathers are a pale yellow; but the under ones, which are longer, are a delicate white. That part of its plumage, however, which principally arrests the attention, is two long naked feathers,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1852 - Liczba stron: 616
...be all white. But what chiefly excites curiosity are, the two long naked feathers above-mentioned, which spring from the upper part of the rump above the tail, and which are usually about three feet long. These are bearded only at the beginning and the end ;... | |
 | Francis Orpen Morris - 1852 - Liczba stron: 652
...measuring six inches, is of equal length with it; but what chiefly attracts notice, is two naked filaments, which spring from the upper part of the rump, above the tail, two feet long, of a deep black colour, bearded at the insertion and at the point with downy feathers... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1853 - Liczba stron: 1254
...to be all white. But what chiefly excites curiosity are the two long naked feathers above-mentioned, which spring from the upper part of the rump above the tail, and which are usually about three feet long. These are bearded only at the beginning and the end ;... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1857 - Liczba stron: 508
...wings are a beautiful brown, intermixed with purple and gold ; the upper part of the tail feathers are a pale yellow, but the under ones, which are longer,...feathers, which spring from the upper part of the back, near the tail ; these feathers are usually three feet in length, bearded only at tha 316 beginning... | |
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The uppermost part of the tail feathers are of a pale yellow, and those under them white and longer than the former ; for which reason the hinder part of the tail appears to be all white. But what chiefly excites curiosity are... 