 | 1816 - 386 страници
...BERNACLE. CLAKIS, OR TREE GOOSE. (Anas Erythropus, Lin. — La Bernache, Buff.) THE Bernacle weighs about five pounds, and measures . more than two feet in length, and nearly four and a half in breadth. The bill, from the tip to the corners of the mouth, is scarcely an inch and... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 432 страници
...wheu placed in particular situations. Anas Erithrophus, or barnacle of Europe. The barnacle weighs about five pounds, and measures more than two feet in length, and nearly four and a half in breadth. The bill, from the tip to the corners of the mouth, is scarcely an inch and... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 342 страници
...natural for ignorant peasants ; "but for naturalists, mamma, and people who write great books, think of their believing that a great goose, which weighs...! don't you indeed?" " I do not. Do not the common geese you see every day, come from an egg almost as much less than the full-grown bird, as the barnacle... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1832 - 364 страници
...233. CLARIS, OR TREE GOOSE. (Anas Erythropus, — Buff. La Dernache, — Lin.) " The barnacle weighs about five pounds, and measures more than two feet in length, and nearly four and a half in breadth. The bill, from the tip to the corners of the mouth, is scarcely an inch and... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1832 - 366 страници
...233. CLARIS, OR TREE GOOSE. {Anas Erythropus, — Buff. La Bernache, — Lin.) " The barnacle weighs about five pounds, and measures more than two feet in length, and nearly four and a half in breadth. The bill, from the tip to the corners Y 2 of the mouth, is scarcely an inch... | |
 | William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 618 страници
...fabulously supposed to grow on trees. The Bernacle, (Anas Erythroptu, LINN. IM Bernacle, BUFFJ weighs about five pounds, and measures more than two feet in length, and nearly four and a half in breadth. The bill, from the tip to the comers of the mouth, is scarcely an inch and a... | |
 | Robert Mudie - 1834 - 494 страници
...GREAT WHITE, OR SNOWY OWL. (Strix That species is by much the largest of the smooth-headed owls, being two feet in length, and nearly four feet and a half in the extent of the wings. Its mature plumage is altogether snow white : but the young birds and females... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1836 - 394 страници
...natural for ignorant peasants; "But for naturalists, mamma, and people who write great books, think of their believing that a great goose, which weighs...part of the story." " No, mamma ! don't you indeed V " I do not. Do not the common geese you see every day come from an egg almost as much less than the... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1837 - 344 страници
...peasants ; " but for naturalists, mamma, and people who write great books, think of t'heir believing thaf a great goose, which weighs (I have it written down...mamma! don't you indeed?" " I do not. Do not the common geese you see every day come from an egg almost as much less than the full-grown bird, as the barnacle... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1861 - 476 страници
...natural for ignorant people ; ' but for naturalists, mother, and people who write great books ! think of their believing that a great goose, which weighs...think that is the incredible part of the story.' ' No, mother ! don't you indeed ?' ' I do not. Do not the common geese you see every day, come from an egg... | |
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... shipwrecked vessels, they had concluded too hastily, that one thing was the cause of the other, because it appeared at the same time, or just before it." Lucy said this was natural for ignorant peasants ; "but for naturalists, mamma, and people who... 
