 | Sir John Richardson, William Swainson, William Kirby - 1829 - Liczba stron: 418
...the small and thin clumps of spruce fir, which are scattered on the confines of the Barren Grounds. It seeks the sides of hills, where the wind prevents...dwarf willows, or the evergreen leaves of the Labrador tea -plant (ledum)*. It does not dig burrows, but shelters itself amongst large stones, or in the crevices... | |
 | Richard King - 1836 - Liczba stron: 370
...occasionally visits the confines, where small and low chumps of spruce-fir are thinly scattered. Seeking the sides of hills where the wind prevents the snow from lodging deeply, it feeds during the winter on the berries of the alpine arbutus, the bark of the dwarf willows, and... | |
 | Richard King - 1836 - Liczba stron: 676
...occasionally visits the confines, where small and low chumps of spruce-fir are thinly scattered. Seeking the sides of hills where the wind prevents the snow from lodging deeply, it feeds during the winter on the berries of the alpine arbutus, the bark of the dwarf willows, and... | |
 | John James Audubon, John Bachman - 1846 - Liczba stron: 420
...berries and different sorts of small herbage." According to RICEIARDSON, " it seeks the sides of the hills, where the wind prevents the snow from lodging...the Alpine arbutus, the bark of some dwarf willows, (Salix,) or the evergreen leaves of the Labrador teaplant," (Ledum latifolium.) Captain LYON, in his... | |
 | George Robert Waterhouse - 1848 - Liczba stron: 628
...collecting around, and half burying the animal beneath it; or, according to Dr. (now Sir John) Richardson, it seeks the sides of hills, where the wind prevents the snow from lodging deeply, and where, even in winter, it can procure the berries of the Alpine Arbutus, the hark of some dwarf willows, or the evergreen... | |
 | Peter Parley (pseud.) - 1870 - Liczba stron: 718
...part of the year. It does not burrow, but takes shelter among large stones or hollows of rocks, and seeks the sides of hills, where the wind prevents the snow from accumulating, and where, even in winter, it can procure berries and leaves of evergreens. Even on a... | |
 | Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia - 1897 - Liczba stron: 706
...of spruce fir, which are scattered on the confines of the Barren Grounds. It seeks the sides of the hills, where the wind prevents the snow from lodging...or the evergreen leaves of the Labrador tea-plant (ledusn). It does not dig burrows, but shelters itself amongst large stones or in the crevices of rocks,... | |
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It seeks the sides of hills, where the wind prevents the snow from lodging deeply, and where, even in the winter, it can procure the berries of the alpine arbutus, the bark of some dwarf willows, or the evergreen leaves of the Labrador tea -plant (ledum)*. 